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We need to talk about more how somehow every time two friends are in the good omens fandom one is a Neil Gaimen fan and the other a Tery Pratchett one.
Seriously I almost every good omens friendship one is a Neil Gaimen fan and the other a Tery Pratchett one.
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tagged by @starkey <3
last song: first time by hozier has been my background noise for the past few weeks
last film: bright young things
current/last read: i'm about to finish babel by r f kuang (cool world building and magic system, not great all else) and a slip of the keyboard by tery pratchett (phenomenal 11/10)
currently watching: our flag means death and around the world in 80 days. also casually watching the expanse because husband wanted to rewatch it.
current obsessions:
good obsessions: trying to not completely lose my chinese, linguistics ( the THINGS i keep learning about syntax man), the fact that i've been reading books again and i'm so proud of myself
boring obsessions: stretching, i am in pain
evil obsessions: getting another tattoo (and another, and another)
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: You guys did it!!! 🎉 Good Omens Parody is officially in PRE-PRODUCTION! 🎬 Thanks to all the fans who made this possible! We couldn't have done this without YOU! 😭 We're SO thankful & excited!! If you're a Patron, be on the look out for exclusive sneak peeks soon!! 👀
"Uczeni wyliczyli, że jest tylko jedna szansa na miliard, by zaistniało coś tak całkowicie absurdalnego. Jednak magowie obliczyli, że szanse jedna na miliard sprawdzają się w dziewięciu przypadkach na dziesięć."
MY YEAR IN BOOKS AKA WHAT BOOKWORM THOUGHT OF THE BOOKS SHE READ IN THE TARDIS
2021 was a much better year in many ways. Reading, in particular, remained pleasurable all year through.
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January: 9 books read | 3,311 pages turned
February: 10 books read | 3,265 pages turned
March: 12 books read | 4,023 pages turned
April: 13 books read | 4,702 pages turned
May: 12 books read | 4,354 pages turned
June: 10 books read | 3,249 pages turned
July: 8 books read | 2,204 pages turned
August: 10 books read | 2,899 pages turned
September: 8 books read | 2,988 pages turned
October: 9 books read | 1,819 pages turned
November: 9 books read | 4,398 pages turned
December: 11 books read | 4,225 pages turned
Total = 121 books read | 41,397 pages turned
Rereads: 11
Authors
Male: 45
Female: 74
Various: 2
New to me authors: 49
Unique authors: 89
Most read authors: William Shakespeare (6), Neil Gaiman (5), Holly Black (4), Sarah J. Maas (4), Veronica Roth (4), Jasper Fforde (3), Robin Hobb (3), Garth Nix (3), Terry Pratchett (3), Teri Terry (3), Liz Braswell (2), Cassandra Clare (2), Scott G. Mariani (2), V.E. Schwab (2)
Length
<200 pages: 19
201-500 pages: 82
501-999 pages: 20
Average page length = 351
Shortest book: Troll Bridge (10 pages)
Longest book: Dragonfly in Amber (976 pages)
Type
Hardback: 5
Paperback: 27
E-books: 80
Audio Books: 9
Genre
Chick Lit: 2
Children's: 1
Classic: 5
Comic/Graphic Novel: 2
Fantasy: 60
Fiction: 3
Historical Fiction: 4
Horror: 5
Mystery/Thriller: 14
Non-Fiction: 1
Play: 5
Poetry: 2
Science Fiction: 17
Rating
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: 6
⭐⭐⭐⭐: 90
⭐⭐⭐: 24
⭐⭐: 1
Average rating = 3.8
Number of reviews written: 71
Best books
1. The Night Circus
2. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
3. As Old As Time
4. The Carpet People
5. The Man Who Died Twice
6. Magician
Best series
1. The Liveship Traders by Robin Hobb (first book: Ship of Magic)
2. A Court of Thorns and Roses (first trilogy) by Sarah J Maas (first book: A Court of Thorns and Roses)
3. Dark Matter by Teri Terry (first book: Contagion)
Least favourite books
1. Ulysses (did not finish again)
2. Father Brown Mysteries Collection
3. Stealing Snow
Progress of personal lifetime challenge to read the complete works of William Shakespeare: 35 read in total, 6 read in 2021. Favourite of this year: Macbeth.
Netgalley: Feedback ratio = 73% (51 approved, 37 feedback sent)
Unread books at 1 January 2021: 455
Unread books at 31 December 2021: 448
Krull has a warm and maritime climate; it is surrounded on three sides by fierce rimward currents that create high tides and rough seas. On the fourth side it overlooks the edge of the world. The island is heavily wooded and rises to a peak upon which the city of Krull perches, an encrustation of buildings and palaces fashioned from the bones of ships salvaged from the Rimfall. The River Hakrull opens into the almost enclosed Keepsafe Bay, the only secure harbour.
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The magical and scenic aspect that the island presents to the world belies the fact that its economy is based upon scavenging the flotsam and jetsam that drift towards it from the misadventures of others. There is very little new in Krull--its inhabitants are the ultimate recyclers and have discovered endless ways of upcycling, downcycling and even sideways-cycling baulks of timer, sodden bales of cloth and yards of rope, along with broken lanterns and the contents of ships’ galleys. Smaller reclaimed items are collected in a yard off Keepsafe Bay where the Chief Domestic Recycler known as Shabbi Sheik creates up-to-the-minute style statements from damp, seaweed-smelling junk.
--Terry Pratchett, “The Compleat Discworld Atlas”
(Illustration by Peter Dennis)
17 questions, 17 people (though I counted 15 questions)
I was tagged by lovely @shesailsships 💖 (thank you!)
Nickname: Don’t really have one, most people use the shortened version of my name so Terka, Terča, Teri, Terez etc.
Zodiac: Pisces
Height: 163 cm (metric system rules)
Last thing I Googled: Origin troubleshooting because I wanted to play Jedi: Fallen Order but apparently, Origin had some connection issues so I went to play Heroes of the Storm instead.
Song stuck in my head: Hm... The Fields of Ard Skellig from The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt soundtrack as it’s a melody of my alarm :D
Number of followers: 232
Amount of sleep: standard of 6 - 8 hours
Lucky number: always and forever number 8
Favorite song: Don’t have all time fav but... Eminem - Lose Yourself as there is part of the lyrics I actually have as my life motto.
Favorite instrument: hard to choose among piano, violin and saxophone... Probably violin, though.
Dream job: Lawyer
Aesthetic: Autumn, anything in black and red
Favorite author: Terry Pratchett. I will endorse his books/writings until I die, you can bet on it.
Favorite animal noises: Chirping of a blackbird
Random: I choose rant. I don’t give a single shit about US elections so if I could go one day without seeing anything about Trump or Biden, I’d be happier more than ever. Unfortunately, it’s plastered all over my Twitter timeline, Tumblr dashboard and even my own country’s media.
Do you happen to have any recommendations for fantasy books that are at least slightly off the beaten path (read as: I've read LotR, Eragon, and Temeraire)? Aside from the wonderful Studio Prey books, that is :P
Simon Hawke, particularly The Wizard of Fourth Street and The Reluctant Sorcerer. And Whims of Creation is easily in my top ten favorite books. All urban fantasy.
Her Majesty’s Wizard is also excellent.
It’s not really off beat but Wicked is my favorite book I didn’t edit.
Robert Aspirin’s “Myth” series is excellent. The first title is Another Fine Myth, because it wasn’t meant to be a series and by the time he started the second book it was too late to switch titles. I think the second is Myth-conceptions. Myth-directions. Sweet Myth-tery of Life. Etc. They’re satirical high fantasy in a style reminiscent of something between Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett.
Which, if you haven’t read Pratchett’s Disc World you need to. As well as Gaiman’s Stardust.
played 3 hours of xcom against my better judgement and already 3 countries are shitting their pants like hold your DAMN horses fuCK dude i’m TRYIN’ here
only lost one soldier tho and he was just some podunk nobody from canadia, half my squad is japanese or chinese, and then everyone else of notable use is from israel or nigeria--oh and one brit, who kind of scares me because she walked up to a floater after it blasted her cover and shotgunned it in the face and then dodged 2 sectoids shooting at her with no fucking cover what the fuck man
i named her teri pratchett
(other names of note in my squad because i’m insufferable; support named gouda ryuji, heavy named lee jianliang nickname “megagargo”, most of the others i kept their default names though, for now)