#so many books to read so little time

[sleepinglionhearts]

@vinosscum introduced me to the first Mistborn book,

#doodles #mistborn #the final empire #cosmere #mistborn art tag #yeah this won't be all that comes out of my horrid little hands of course #vin mistborn #elend venture #kelsier mistborn #ok so i finished it earlier this evening and I'm already going to go bother local library staff about book 2 #anyway Vin sweetie ur doing great #amazing how one girl can attain So Many Dads in such a short time #I haven't had too much time to look for like. proper illustrations or anything so here have my mental image #of the girl herself while I was reading #and the slightest hint of kel in the you're my dad meme #anyway. yay! books!! #this totally won't destroy me in any way!!!

[tapakah0]

#I've read it. #**** you just read fluff chaos and little amount of angst and here BUM #It took me almost 2 hours to read just one chapter I don't know why but no regrets at all #With all these emotional ups and downs #I have one novel that I hold on the very top of the angst stories (I haven't read that many books #stories and fics and can judge only withing that little I have) #but if mnmc keep going like this this I need to widen my place on top... #I've cried over Mojo again #The same scene and here we go again. how. #And then this one SORRY I CAN'T PUT IT INTO WORDS #The way they triet each other #they both go through hell #All little details about their emotions #Their differences yet so many similarities #I don't like the angst is placed out of nowhere but this fic was BORN IN ANGST #I WANNA BITE BIG MAMA'S HEAD OFF #FOR THE GOD'S SAKE LEON KILL HER FRIEND #YOU WANTED LEO JUST TO BE SAFE BUT WHAT'S THE MEANING IF HE'S NOT #AND IT'S SO DARK IN THEIR CEILING THAT LEON COULDN'T EVEN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH LEO #SO MANY THINGS HAPPENED AT ONE TIME #I DID COUNT WITHOUT JOKES HOW MANY TIMES I DID CRY DON'T JUDGE (I AM HARD TO CRY ON SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T CATCH MY ATTENTION I GUESS MY AT #ENTION IS CAUGHT WELL ENOUGH) 4 TIMES. 4 F***ING TIMES #FOR THE GOD'S SAKE I WANNA SEE CLICHE WHEN THEIR BROTHERS JUST BOOOM CRUSH EVERYTHING AROUND ON THIS AIRPLANE AND SAVE THEIR BROTHERS I WAN #A A CLICHE #I DON'T WANT IT TO BE THE END OF THE STORY WHEN LEON DIES HOW HE WANTED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING #I AM NOT OKAY OVER THE WAY HE TREATS THESE KIDS #OR LEO SUDDENLY A BOOST OF POWERS AND TELEPORTS THEM #ANYTHING #JUST NOT DEATH #AT LEAST NOT LIKE THIS

[rainymoodlet]

Kiss Me in Komorebi+ 🌸

[ First Mini Vacation: Nolan! ]

And here we go, folks! With our first sim being the returning Nolan Langford, let’s see what he does with 48 hours of uninterrupted Premium Access to our Bachelor! 👀

Part 1 of 5 🌹

@wastelandwhisperer

#aka i’m figuring out relight in these still fjdhd #ts4 #ts4 screenshots #ts4 bachelor challenge #ts4 challenge #ts4 story #;kmik #sim: daniel #nolan langford by wastelandwhisperer #|| #IT’S HERE AT LAST a little late BUT IT’S HERE!!! #nolan is super nervous abt everything this time around- he has an official Crush on daniel #and he gets the tense moodlet almost 24/7 around him now fhdhd #dan meanwhile can’t get enough of having nolan back omf #during his intro to the vaca house all dan wanted to do was bro hug and small talk his ass #i can tell that they don’t get as many social whims abt each other when they’re alone #vs when they’re with the whole crowd #but dan legit got three or four whims abt nolan while he was gone #so we’ll see how this goes and chalk their mild disinterest in one another over random actions like #reading books etc as first night nervousness 😌 #NOLAN MY POOR BABY IT WASNT UR FAULT 😩 #sorry this update took so long!!! been in a creative slumppp

[stuckinapril]

I want to be an artistic generalist but it’s so unrealistic for me rn!!

#by that I mean like. practicing art + piano + writing + reading books #& practicing languages !! speaking French & Arabic calligraphy #all my time is consumed by full time studying & clinic & research rn #which is completely fine bc science is equally important to me & I don’t think I’d feel whole without it #but it feels like my other half is a little dormant rn #which I’ve already accepted. the next few months will be intense w prepping for one of the biggest tests of my life #but once that’s out of the way I will be UNSTOPPABLE #so many hobbies I want to take up. and hobbies I wanna resume bc a couple of these I was doing already but just don’t have the time lately #daydreaming ab it will sustain me in the meantime I suppose #or I can try to make it work somehow but rn my focus is all the new shit that’s coming up #one step at a time or I will lose my mind #p

[creative-hanyou-girl]

PJO SPOILERS!!!!!

Real talk tho how is it that these two 12-YEAR-OLDS have more chemistry than, like, 98% of ADULT movie/TV couples that come out nowadays!?

And they're not even DATING yet!!!!!

#I will say this till the day I die #but Percabeth puts most other book couples to shame #and now apparently TV couples too #Walker and Leah are so crazy talented playing Percabeth and their dynamic its insane #it feels a little strange though to be shipping TV Percabeth not gonna lie #I mean...I know its not like I'm actually shipping Walker and Leah. now THAT would be weird on so many levels #and its not like I haven't been shipping Percabeth since I was 12 when I 1st read TLT #its just feels weird seeing my ship again when they 1st started out at the beginning. this time played by ACTUAL people who are ACTUALLY 12 #whereas in the current timeline of the books they are much older and heading into college #I don't know if I'm making a lot of sense but I hop you guys get what I mean #percy and annabeth #percabeth #book percabeth #tv percabeth #percy jackson show #percy jackson series #percy jackson and the olympians #percy jackson #annabeth chase #percabeth is percabething #percy jackson spoilers #book vs show #book couples #tv couples

[justalittlebluetiefling]

I think my least favorite thing on the internet is how quick people are to call characters toxic just because they don't like them.

#not me finally giving in and googling spoilers so i can just get my head on right about these books #honestly i'm putting these books down for a while lol i need some emotional space before i'm ready to keep going #but yeah so many people are like 'this character is so toxic' when they're just mad that it took them a long time to fix their shit #like you expect someone who has basically been indoctrinated into a system to immediately learn all the lessons #and to like... NOT be majorly fucked up over it???? #also the character they like is the SAME EXACT CHARACTER who just decided to SPEEDRUN the other guy's arc #and hitting the SAME EXACT EMOTIONAL BEATS like i'm not even joking #my partner and my sister in law have put up with too many of my rants over the last couple days #i will probably come back and finish this series when i can be a little more chill about it #anyway i'm fine i just need a breather #and to read something a couple books that are a little more lighthearted

[vulpinesaint]

listen i am geralt of rivia hater number one but one thing i actually CANNOT stand is when the fandom mischaracterizes him. took one look at this man who speaks very straight-forwardly and matter-of-fact and is a little recalcitrant with his words sometimes and went "haha he communicates in grunts! man who only says 'hm'!" and then won't even write him to speak in full fucking sentences. hello???? hello???????? yes the netflix show was a bad influence on everybody because they were trying too hard to depict geralt as a stoic manly badass but we CANNOT let that distract us from the REAL thing to make fun of geralt for. which are his Constant Unprovoked Monologues

#also the fact that he fakes his dumb stupid little rivian accent because the man was NOT raised in rivia. but i digress #'haha he only says hm!' where were you for every episode when he launched into a speech about the lesser evil. that's like. the whole thing #geralt of rivia will do nothing But talk once you let him. don't give that bitch a chance! he'll start up about honor again!!! #convinced that most of this is because netflix show insisted on showing us him around jaskier so much #and jaskier does not shut up. love him to death. but geralt genuinely does not have time to get a word in edgewise #i will admit that this is something that i had to learn by reading the books and paying more attention to it #but it's not like he DOESN'T do it in the show. if you ever sit with a witcher episode transcript for whatever reason #and really take a look at geralt's lines. man he talks a whole fucking lot. #again cannot emphasize enough that he Monologues. HE TALKS HIS WAY OUT OF SO MANY SITUATIONS. #me when i look filavandrel of the elves in the eyes and 'hm' at him and he lets me go. no bitch he monologued!!!! #terrible. terrible. let this man speak. if i see you fanfic bitches continue making him talk in sentence fragments again i'm gonna kill #as for my own fanfic. i will always prefer a geralt who talks too much to be believable over a geralt who barely speaks at all. #both because i believe in letting him speak his mind which he OBVIOUSLY likes to do. sideeyes him. #and because it's just fucking boring and a little annoying to read speech patterns that don't sound like how people talk. #cough cough lan wanji the untamed. man i'm not sitting here and reading this motherfucker's two word sentences #let him speak!!!!!! #anyway. #geralt of rivia #witcher #fanfic

[gowns]

so like, something that bothered me was: when i was describing my kid and her personality to a group of parents, and how it was similar to my personality, and there was a parent who just kept saying "have you been assessed for autism? it sounds like autism." and i was like, no, ha ha, we don't have autism. and she kept asking me -- gently, not haranguing, with good intentions -- "are you sure? seeking a diagnosis can be very helpful. she could have help in school." and i'm like yeah i know, my mom is an educator who has worked with sped, we don't need it though. and she just kept going like: "but i mean, being sensitive to things, the way you describe it, it sounds like autism." look. i get it. i'm glad there's an expansion of an awareness of autism. i might even be mildly on that spectrum, and my kid might too. but a diagnosis is only helpful as far as its ability to open up connections, accomodations, etc. i have my own little method of doing things that works really swimmingly. and here's the thing: i was really good in school. i crushed tests, worksheets, creative projects, public speaking, group work, independent work, participation, navigating conflicts, school plays. and -- i should note -- it's also not an "overachieving" thing. i was happy being an "As and Bs" student. i firmly regular-achieved.

so sure, i'm an odd duck, i'm sensitive, i'm erratic, but i'm also super social, energized by other people; i have my odd little ways of doing things but they're not set in stone routines. i crave novelty and have issues with impulse moderation. these things + sensory sensitivity and etc etc all fits a pretty firm diagnosis of ADHD. BUT i'm not even married to that diagnosis. like i'm fine just saying, you know what, i am who i am, i operate in this funny little way, but i've figured out how to do things in life, a lot of people love me, i'm very successful and very happy. no further accommodations needed (at the moment). so why hang my hat on my previous diagnoses, or any other diagnosis? literally, like... social services are stretched so thin, please let those services go to someone else. not me, whose biggest "problem" is that i have a special interest that is sometimes a money sink (slow fashion). but that's basically just a hobby. people have hobbies. i'm not in need of therapy for being this way.

i have a blog, ok. other people find my fixations funny and useful!

#some might say this is cope #but also ... if i'm highly social successful happy and capable of regulating myself when i'm under or over stimulated... is there a problem #my kid will announce 'i need alone time now!' and will go to her room to read a book or do worksheets #just like little me :) #anyway i did an online autism test just to mollify that parent #and i showed her the results which said i am fairly sensitive to things but like 100/100 social skills #and she was like oh hm. probably not autistic then #which brings me to my previous post #like... if i was masking in social interactions... there would have to be so many layers of masks #for the amount that i love social interaction and performance and eye contact and etc

[echoesofadream]

so many books on my tbr and also so many books i have started but not finished and im thinking about reading dostojevskij instead

#yes it IS to get closer to theo #i felt this way when i read tgf last time too. and read like first 100 pages of the idiot actually but then stopped bc illiteracy etc #but im thinking i should take advantage of this desire to get to know my theo more personally and read some russian literature #just like he in turn read it to get closer to boris #swag #i should! im rlly close to finishing little women #eel book may wait #other books may wait as welll #and the goldfinch will be like my bible now i read it on a whole othr dimension #will keep it on my nightstand and read excerpts for the rest of my life wont stop me from reading other books #that is if i get it for my birthday (doubtful but i will wish for it). i only have the same library copy now as i had in 2019 #(as in i borrowed again didnt steal it from the library promise) i never buy books but if i am to own one it should be this one #i read at a snails pace but want to read so many things this is difficult but lets not stress it should a fun thing not stressful #if i read a little everyday or try to #then 'completing books' and checking them off my list and feeling idk productive/accomplished or something doesnt matter #it will be like a lifelong open book instead #if that makes sense #that ill never be done with #and thats fun

[amethystina]

I was tagged by @a-very-fond-farewell! Thank you so much darling 💜

1. Last song: Shishen Take On the Challenge from The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity soundtrack (which I paid a small fortune to get my hands on so you bet I've been listening to it almost non-stop ever since. The music is SO FUCKING GOOD OKAY)

2. Favorite color: Purple — which I feel should come as a surprise to no one xD

3. Currently watching: The Killing Vote, because I apparently need more dramas where the Korean public is allowed to vote on whether or not to execute people. Quite enjoying it so far! The characters are a hoot xD And I'm curious to see what they do with the Kwon Seok Joo dude.

I also just started The Guest because I want to watch it before they remove it from Netflix but BOI. That's not one I'll be able to binge, that's for sure. Horror is great but also, well, terrifying x'D

Though, I must say, I might have to take a detour and rewatch the Along With the Gods movies. I've been meaning to do so for ages and seeing Kim Dong Wook in The Guest makes the urge even stronger. Because, let me tell you, I'm SO EAGER to rewatch the movies and observe the characters now that I've seen the twist at the end of the second movie. A twist I figured out before I actually reached the reveal, sure, but I don't think that's a bad thing? Like, for real, guys. The AUDIBLE GASP I let out when I realised what the twist was going to be and then got to sit there and see it slowly dawn on the other characters? BEAUTIFUL. And it CHANGES SO MUCH. Like, I need to rewatch them because so much of what I thought I knew is now a lie! Circumstances have changed! My initial analysis might be wrong! Characters I thought I knew are now completely different! I need to do more research! I NEED TO KNOW.

(This is what happens when your brain works like mine. And one day I might tell you all about why Kang Yo Han is such a fascinating character to me, because, let me tell you, I've rarely seen a character remain so solid in his characterisation even through the kind of reveals we're given in the drama. It's fucking SPECTACULAR)

4. Currently reading: Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (I do it in bursts because it's not the kind of book I can just binge, okay? x'D), We Have Always Lived In the Castle by Shirley Jackson (I would have finished this LONG ago if it didn't give me so much anxiety (but in a good way?)) and Eld by Mats Strandberg and Sara Bergman Elfgren (though I should probably start over on this one since I was very distracted when I read the first chapter)

5. Last movie: No Regret, because why not dabble in older Korean LGBTQ+ content? It was a ride, that's for sure xD And the next movie will be The World to Come (also one I want to watch before it's removed from Netflix)

6. Sweet/spicy/savory: Either sweet or savoury — it depends on my mood, really.

7. Relationship status: Married! :D

8. Current obsession: I'm not sure if I have one right now? Though I am hoping to get back on track with that diorama thing soon. I've almost collected all the materials I need! I just need fake foliage (preferably red) and I'm going to try and buy that either tomorrow or on Saturday.

9. Last thing you googled? Why my phone kept taking only green photos. And everyone kept telling me I shouldn't have unlocked the bootloader (which I don't think can be done by accident and I sure as hell haven't done it intentionally) so in the end I just restarted it and now it works just fine xD

10. Selfie: I don't really take selfies but here's a cropped version of a drawing WIP of mine.

If you know, you know ;)

(... LOOK, the suspender-pulling had to happen eventually, okay?)

11. Currently working on: Chapter 5 of A New Dawn (Begins With Us) and, after that, it'll be either chapter 37 of Who Holds the Devil or maybe the sequel to Gravitational Pull which I'm STILL struggling to find the time to work on. I'm also working on, like, six different drawings simultaneously. Because why make things easy for myself?

Tagging: Whoever wants to do it! Tell me about yourself! :D

#Amethystina Does Tag Games #I feel very all over the place right now x'D #And I have read so few books this year :/ #That's such a bummer #I should look into that #I kind of miss reading a shitload of silly romance #And I also want to draw a lot #But then there's writing too #So many hobbies #So little time

[coquelicoq]

Natsume: You didn't sleep a wink last night. Why not go and grab a few now? Natori [sparkling]: I'm just fine. It takes more than sleep deprivation to dull my dazzling self, so don't you worry your fussy little head. Natsume [concerned]: Nonsense like that is exactly what someone suffering from sleep deprivation would say! Sensei: Oh really? Has he been sleep-deprived every day of his life?

so i've been watching the natsume dub -

#sensei referring to matoba as the 'pirate-princess-tightrope-walker'????? PLSSSS #sensei to natsume about matoba: your wussy little punches won't do jack #also yes sensei he probably has been sleep-deprived every day of his life. this man is a dumpster fire #thanks to qserasera (thank you qserasera!!!) i've been revisiting the natori and matoba episodes #i had started a rewatch earlier this year but got sidetracked early in season 2 so i'm picking up from there #so to refresh my memory i read through the episode summaries i had written for season 1/early season 2 #and got SO EMOTIONAL??? just from reading the summaries? what the fuck??? #me earlier today: i can't reread le petit prince right now because my heart can't take it #also me: tra la la let's see what natsume is going to do to pulverize my soul into powder today #natsume's book of friends #natsume yuujinchou #natori shuuichi #my posts #anyway i probably would never have tried the dub except that someone put some clips of english dub matoba on here #and i was OBSESSED with the voice acting??? #i'm so glad i decided to try it because so many of the line readings are just delightful #natsume and sensei's bickering especially #i don't love madara's youkai voice. and i like the japanese voice playing touko a lot better than the english voice #but it's nice to be able to listen and like do the dishes at the same time! i love subs but you can't really multitask #i guess since this is the dub i should be calling him master not sensei but i'm too used to sensei #i must say though that i'm really enjoying natsume calling him 'master kitty cat' in full earnestness #i don't speak japanese so i wasn't getting the full effect from 'nyanko-sensei' #i get now why tanuma was so embarrassed

[l8tof1]

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#the way i was just thinking about how i can find more time in my days to read because there are so many books and so little time #well. i could stop reblogging old coco and roscoe posts on here for a start #🤡 #literally me scrolling on tumblr: maybe someone here has an idea how to find the time #GET OFF THIS APP KAT lmao

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

uni is so sick and twisted for making me write a book review when i could be writing reviews on my mutuals fics :((((((

#mickey…. io……… niku…… sel……… rheya….. wait 4 me………. T_T #ackkkkk ive had so little free time recently its been driving me crazy :(( #i have so many fun asks to answer too 💔 #get ready for me to spam the dash w fics and asks as soon as i finish it !!!!!! #THE BOOK WAS SOOOOO GOOD THOUGH the details by ia genberg …… pls read it…. #ari noises ✩

[idmnbc]

After seeing that many people only rescue the asexual and not the aromantic in Isaac, I hope that in the next season we can see moments where his aromanticism is more emphasized. The word was only mentioned once, while 'asexual' did come up at different times, like when Isaac grabs Angela Chen's book, which was amazing and beautiful. But we need the aromantic joy to be exposed and shouted from the four winds <2

#I trust in Alice #bcs many aro spec people start their journey first in the ace area #my aroace journey #isaac henderson #isaac heartstopper #aroace #aro #ace #heartstopper #osemanverse #I know this is a hugeeeee step bcs its the first time i watch in a comercial media product pronouncing the word ARO and that is pure gold #maybe MAYBEEEE the story arc in this is that Isaac will read abt aromanticism in the book #so he will start to research and find that there's little to none representation #maybe he will buy common bonds #idk idk idk aaaa #+ this a personal opinion #but I enjoy more my aro side that my ace side #dont get me wrong I like both but the freedom and enjoyment that I am discovering since I know that I am ARO is unmatched

[jupitersflytrap]

i just read the curious incident of the dog in the night-time and hopped on here to see what the general consensus was about it and oh dear i was not expecting to see so many people hating it

#plant rant #i liked it a lot! made me cry in parts which is pretty rare #read it basically all in one sitting too which is the first time i've done that in a while (i know it's probably technically a kids' book) #it was written in the 90s which... shows. and apparently the author didn't do any research which is weird because it rang very true for me #like obviously i'm not any kind of genius and my maths is average at best now but so many of the little pieces of it really spoke to me #like particularly how i was at that age #idk. it just surprises me that a lot of people seem to have reacted to it pretty badly #tbh i assumed it was written by an autistic person because of how much it reminded me of my own reflective prose #i guess people are always going to have different opinions on things.... #anyway public opinion poll. have you guys read it? did you like it? tell me!!

[lady-harrowhark]

this pack of tabs came with 200 tabs per card… i have finished my gideon reread with one (1) tab remaining 💀

(i had to use posy as a backdrop so that the one (1) remaining tab would show up and not blend in with the blanket lol)

#now matter how many times i read it i still find new little hidden gems #there’s one bit of imagery that gets echoed later in htn and i literally sighed and went ‘ohhhh that’s so pretty’ out loud 🥺 #and so many places where i just had to stop and look into the camera #i will never get over these books man #gtn reread #tlt #gtn