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the-forest-library · 2 years

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“And so it is a truth universally acknowledged that a young woman in possession of vague symptoms like fatigue and pain will be in search of a doctor who believes she is actually sick.”

― Meghan O'Rourke, The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness

#the invisible kingdom #meghan o’rourke #chronic illness #disabilities #disability #healthcare #book quotes #books #booklr #reading #bookish #bibliophile

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havendance · 5 months

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Indie Comic Reading Roundup

I've gotten through just about all the trades I checked out at this point (ignoring all the dark knight metal stuff), so here's my thoughts:

Once and Future vol. 1 by Kieron Gillen, art by Dan Mora, colors by Tamara Bonvillain (collected Issues #1-6)

I am not super into arthuriana but I think it's fun to dip my toe into every once in a while. The basic plot here involved the mythic cycle being re-enacted in the modern day, which I am always a sucker for so I thought it was quite fun. The pacing felt a little rough at first--moving very quickly when I would've appreciated a little more time spent to stop and get explanations--but I really felt like it got into the swing of things for the last 2 issues which really took advantage of everything that had been building.

Art was good (though since I've gotten used to seeing Mora draw superheroes, it did take a moment for my brain to switch gears here). The grandmother is very fun. I probably check out more of this series.

The Invisible Kingdom vol.1 by G. Willow Wilson, art by Christian Ward (collected issues #1-5)

This one didn't click for me. With one of the two basic ideas being 'space monastery', I wanted to like it, but I felt like the execution didn't quite do it for me. I think I would've like more time to sit and build out the world more; there were several aspects that I would've liked to see expanded on. There were aspects of the plot that didn't really work for me and I found myself wanting more clarity on what sort of timeline these events were happening on.

Ward's art was also very hit or miss for me: it really thrived when depicting space. It had gorgeous colors and dynamism then. Other times, it felt rough and kind of unfinished in a way that didn't work for me. I don't think I'll be reading this one further.

Dark Spaces: Wildfire by Scott Snyder, art by Hayden Sherman, colors by Ronda Pattison

I really loved this one. This collected a stand-alone 5 issue story that was very well executed. It tells the story of a squad of women convict firefighters in California who embark on a heist which (in true heist form) proceeds to go wrong. It was well plotted--all the characters felt distinct, though with only 5 issues and 5 women on our squad, it felt like we only really got to know a couple really well.

The art was gorgeous. Pattison's colors especially were a pleasure to look at. I definitely recommend checking this one out.

Y: The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughan, art by Pia Geurra, and colors by Pamela Rambo (collected issues #1-10)

This one's a bit of a stretch for the indie comics category since, upon checking, it's Vertigo. Not sure where that falls as a DC imprint. Regardless, it gets included on here as it doesn't take place in any larger universe and I might as well.

Brian Vaughan can tell a good story. This is no exception. I sat down on the floor and read all 10 issues in this in one fell swoop. So yeah, gripping story, very engaging. All the characters and world-building feels very thought out. The main road trip plot going on so far gives a very good excuse to see the different ways the world has been effected/people have responded to plague which wipes all men(except for our titular last one) that is the inciting incident.

I like the art style and flatter colors that this has. I definitely want to read more. Apparently I can access this on dcui which I didn't realize previously. We shall see in which format I end up reading this.

#havendance reads comics #comics #once and future #dark spaces: wildfires #the invisible kingdom #y the last man #carthago delenda est

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raffaellopalandri · 1 year

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Book of the Day - The Invisible Kingdom

Today’s Book of the Day is The Invisible Kingdom, written by Meghan O’Rourke in 2022 and published by Riverhead Books. Meghan O’Rourke is an American journalist, author, speaker, and poet. She works talking about health, well-being, illness, and social psychology, aiming at improving the lives of those who suffer, both physically and emotionally. The Invisible Kingdom, by Meghan O’Rourke I…

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#Book #Book Of The Day #book recommendation #book review #bookstagram #booktok #Chronic Illness #Meghan O&039;Rourke #Raffaello Palandri #Riverhead Books #The Invisible Kingdom

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kitchensunflowers · 2 years

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To be sick in this way is to have the unpleasant feeling that you are impersonating yourself. When you're sick, the act of living is more act than living. Healthy people have the luxury of forgetting their existence depends on a cascade of precise cellular interactions. Not you.

-Meghan O'Rourke, The Invisible Kingdom (2022, p. 46)

#chronic illness #disability #biography #the invisible kingdom #meghan o'rourke #ds #parallels #memory #(ish)#pvm

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bluedietcoke · 1 year

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book quotes that i will never recover from

"he is half of my soul, as the poets say. " - song of achilles

"write me a letter telling me how to live the rest of my life without you." - how to make friends with the dark

"they were my birthday presents." - shatter me

"she had realized that she had forgotten the precise blue of his eyes and the depth of his laugh." - clockwork princess

"my name is sam cortland... and i will not be afraid." - assassin's blade

"you chose me four years ago. would you choose me still?" - these violent delights

"we were all supposed to make it." - crooked kingdom

"i remember everything." - the invisible life of addie larue

"come home and shout at me. come home and fight with me. come home and break my heart, if you must. just come home." - cruel prince

"i wasted all those yesterdays and am completely out of tomorrows." - they both die at the end

"you hated the idea of me." - the final gambit

"bob says hello." - house of hades

"abuse can feel like love. starving people will eat anything." - nightfall

"i missed you only with an ocean between us. but if death was separating us... i would find you." - queen of shadows

"i loved him. i love him. as best i could." - we were liars

"i'm the villain, even in my own story. but you were supposed to play a different role." - finale

"i will find you again in the next world—the next life. and we will have that time. i promise." - a court of wings and ruin

"i spent half of my time loving her and the other half hiding how much i loved her." - the seven husbands of evelyn hugo

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judgingbooksbycovers · 2 years

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The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness

By Meghan O’Rourke.

Design by Lauren Peters-Collaer.

#The Invisible Kingdom #Meghan O’Rourke #Lauren Peters-Collaer #books #book covers

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gummi-ships · 7 months

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#kingdom hearts #kh1 #sora #dark figure #guardian #(i'll tag it as both idk)#my gif #i like that the guardian's shadow can be seen following sora at all times even when it's invisible #but honestly the way it grabs onto sora like this when he tries to attack is so scary #btw this is when you get hit by ansem's “SUBMIT” attack #you know the one

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chellilonaaphra · 2 years

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mojogifs · 5 months

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Lord Aldhelm + The Battle of Tettenhall

For @lord-aldhelm xo

#the last kingdom #lord aldhelm #tlk season 4 #aldhelm tlk #lady aethelflaed #aethelflaed #aldhelm #tlk #james northcote #millie brady #mojogifs #requested #after doing this set i have decided i would let him hold me at knife point. thnku for reading this invisible ink note

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satureja13 · 7 months

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Since Ji Ho had been able to fix Vlad's blindness before, they were looking for him. But he was nowhere to be found and didn't answer his phone. Saiwa has a hunch: "What happened yesterday? I should have known making the farm visible couldn't have been solved this easily. Why are you blind, Vlad?"

They went back to the farm to see if Ji Ho is there.

Jack is already running inside. Saiwa: "Vlad wait, Jeb is going to help you to dismount."

Vlad and his foolish pride...

Jeb: "I'm here, Vlad."

Vlad: "We need to leave immediately! Ji Ho went to Sulani! Alone!" Saiwa: "Did Vlad fall on his head?"

Jeb: "I'm sorry, he was too fast. But Vlad, Ji Ho would never set a foot at Sulani again. His life there was a nightmare. Let's get you patched up and then we try to find Ji Ho." Vlad: "NO! I've seen his dead brother, with the ghost and the shell! The shell resembles Sulani and the ghost Guidry, who also vanished at Sulani!"

Saiwa: "Vlad, that's nonsense. If he wanted to save his brother and Guidry, he would have told us and we would have helped him." Vlad: "He thought he is a nuisance and a danger to us." Saiwa: "Why would he think that? What happened that night?"

Vlad: "I wanted Ji Ho to be free to choose whom he loves and spare him from this 'save the world with making love' madness! So I wanted to cut our bond. I did this for you too. We can't be on the run forever. Each one of you deserves a life without this madness. Ji Ho must have had the same thoughts. You are all only in danger because of us and that damn bond."

Saiwa: "Do you really think that? What life would that be under the Council? Yes, we all want a better life - but this won't be possible without fighting for it! And that's why we are doing this!"

Saiwa: "So what happened?" Vlad sighs: "I remembered the prophecy and Morgan's offer and I called her to bond with her and finally end this. She must have told Ji Ho about my intentions." Saiwa started to cry: "I can't believe you did this. Why is no one ever talking to us before he does something stupid? But you didn't, right? Otherwise you couldn't have made the farm visible again, right? Tell me you didn't bond with Morgan!"

Vlad: "I couldn't. And she left." Saiwa: "Let me guess. Ji Ho does still think you did, right? Because you don't talk, right? Gods - I can't believe I shipped you!"

Saiwa squared his shoulders: "Get in the car. We're heading for Sulani." Vlad is Jack's best friend. But Jack is not sure if he can forgive him this. But Saiwa will kill Vlad anyway after they found Ji Ho, so...

And this is how the Boys, Adriano, the goats and the horses left Chestnut Ridge.

'I've cussed, I've prayed, I've said goodbye I've shook my fist and asked God why These days, when I'm missin' you this much'

I drive your truck - Lee Brice

From the Beginning ~ Underwater Love ~ Latest

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yourneighborhoodbibliophile · 2 years

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🖤 Black Stack 🖤

Thank you for the tag @abbeyx and @booktheraepy! <3

Pictured from top to bottom: The Secret History, The Picture of Dorian Gray, If We Were Villains, The Wicker King, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Circe, Ninth House, Heartless, Six of Crows, Crooked Kingdom, Vengeful, A Conjuring of Light, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

Tagging (no pressure!): @dauen, @wecandoit, @anxiousstudybuddy, @easybells-studies, @moranjpg, @mirthofbooks, @appleinducedsleep, and @arywizm

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the-forest-library · 2 years

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“This seems like one of the hardest things about being sick in the way you’re sick: being sick makes you stressed. But being stressed makes you sicker.”

― Meghan O'Rourke, The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness

#meghan o’rourke #the invisible kingdom #chronic illness #disabilities #disability #stress #healthcare #book quotes #books #booklr #reading #bookish #bibliophile

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geekeryisafoot · 2 years

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There are a lot of recent sci fi series that are set in a "capitalistic hellscape that you can't escape even with a spaceship" setting. We Fix Space Junk, Murderbot, Outer Worlds, Invisible Kingdom, We Only Find Them When They're Dead to name a few across mediums.

The commonalities between these different stories- the palpable, resonate despair that permeates each of them- hurts. It's our current world with a different color paint slapped on top. It's impossible to read even a single page of these stories without the creators' current pains shining through, without seeing your own reflected there

But it's the differences between these different stories set in the same setting that's currently snagging my brain. Particularly in where they find their joy and hope: the little daily joys and delights and laughs and personal victories in We Fix Space Junk; the places and people of safety in Murderbot; the power fantasy of Outer Worlds; transcendence and escape in WOFTWTD.

In a storytelling sense, it's these different sources of hope that give each series its own unique feel and vibe and heart. In a personal, emotional sense though, There's just. Something about all of these different methods of finding hope in the face of the same problems that does something to me. Gives me a confusing soup of emotions that I don't know how to process

#I don't actually know what I'm say here. This isn't a coherent essay #This setting just inspires. feelings. and I'm trying to work those out #mineminemine #we only find them when they're dead #we fix space junk #murderbot #outer worlds #invisible kingdom

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autisticfoxgirl333 · 7 months

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CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE ROYALE FINALS!!!

Now that we got our winners in the battle royales we are gonna finish it to see who becomes THE NEXT HALLOWEEN FICTIONAL CHARACTER CHAMPION!!!!!!