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Today is going to be a good day

“Today is going to be a good day. There’s no clouds in the sky, the birds are chirping, I smell something delicious cooking and it’s a saturday! How great can this day get?” Patrick says while being restrained in his own room by doctors. The doctors sedate him.

2 hours later

Patrick wakes up.

“Wow! That was such a good nap. My new room is full of pillows! I’m surrounded by pillow heaven! I’m…

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Outside the window

I wrote a story with the prompt “Outside the window” Hope you enjoy

“Mom, I think I feel sick today.” said Limmy with a frown. His mother put a hand on his forehead and it felt cold. “Honey, don’t lie to me.” said the Mother with her hands on her hips “But I’m not lying I feel really sick today.” He let out a weak cough. “Please let me stay home.” “Hmm, alright. But you better be ready to tell me…

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Ace and Aro Rep Recs!

Ace and Aro Rep Recs!

This was a post that was long time coming that I initially decided to draft for LGBT month but for fear of backlash or no acknowledgement of aroaces in LGBT I decided to not write it. Mainly, because while the ace and aro community is fighting to be included in LGBT. I think that no matter how many people tell me I’m LGBT I don’t feel welcome despite of that. Not just in the LGBT community but…

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I just binged ST S3 and i have so many thoughts and questions. The show had a pretty good start but then it took a slight dip. The dynamics and character development of the main and even background characters were great. Nevertheless the whole season felt like a big filler and I feel robbed I waited a whole year for more setup. I had hoped they would've explained about El's sister number 008 and her whole crew but it weirdly went to Russians. Still it's a great watch and its very feelsy. If I were to give it a rating, I'd say 7 out of 10 lol. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzhwnwfnctq/?igshid=qzgz0zikn4do

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WWW Wednesday!

Hi guys! I’m gonna attempt to do a book tag since I’ve been seeing it float around and it looks fun.

It’s a bookish post that was formerly hosted by Should be Reading and was recently taken over by Taking on a World of Words. To play along just answer three questions to give an update about what you’re currently reading, going to read next and have read recently.

What are you currently reading?

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Finally finished the sequel to Warcross: Wildcard. It's a hecking doozy. It gets really depressing after the second half. There was a part that I think the author should have ended the book right there but it keep dragging on. Nevertheless, the ending was great so there's that. If you like a really interesting instrospective look on the horrors that lies in the cybernetic world on the wrong *and* right hands, then this book for you! Also there's some romance and friendship sprinkled in between. 3.5 out of 5 stars! #warcross #wildcard #marielu #minibookreview https://www.instagram.com/p/BzeROOnnwgs/?igshid=16z706teg7e34

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nintendo: can't have alcohol in our child gambling games!!! solution???

vacation juice

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  Title: The City of Brass & The Kingdom of Copper Genre: Fantasy Pages: 576 & 640 respectively Author: S.A. Chakraborty Goodreads description:

Nahri has never believed in magic. Certainly, she has power; on the streets of eighteenth-century Cairo, she’s a con woman of unsurpassed talent. But she knows better than anyone that the trades she uses to get by—palm readings, zars, healings—are all tricks, sleights of hand, learned skills; a means to the delightful end of swindling Ottoman nobles and a reliable way to survive.

But when Nahri accidentally summons an equally sly, darkly mysterious djinn warrior to her side during one of her cons, she’s forced to question all she believes. For the warrior tells her an extraordinary tale: across hot, windswept sands teeming with creatures of fire, and rivers where the mythical marid sleep; past ruins of once-magnificent human metropolises, and mountains where the circling birds of prey are not what they seem, lies Daevabad, the legendary city of brass—a city to which Nahri is irrevocably bound.

In Daevabad, within gilded brass walls laced with enchantments, behind the six gates of the six djinn tribes, old resentments are simmering. And when Nahri decides to enter this world, she learns that true power is fierce and brutal. That magic cannot shield her from the dangerous web of court politics. That even the cleverest of schemes can have deadly consequences.

After all, there is a reason they say to be careful what you wish for . . .

Rating:

Contents: historical fiction + political intrigue + some romance + action packed + bloody & dramatic

My thoughts on the first book:

I didn’t like Nahri and Dara’s storyline. It was told through Nahri’s pov and she did nothing to move the plot. Just summon this dude and get kidnapped. Now I get she didn’t know any of her powers and or backstory of any of this. But WHEN SHE ACTUALLY MOVED BY HERSELF TO ESCAPE HIM AND LATER LEARNED THE BACKSTORY…. HE KIDNAPPED HER AGAIN. And I feel like the author knew this was happening. She was self aware how she was moving the story line of Nahri constantly getting kidnapped. Nevertheless, the author rushed some love lust over this dead guy and everything was suddenly forgiven because he was handsome and the only guy around for miles. I like Nahri’s personality but I thought with the way she was established in the first chapter she would be a little bit smarter than that. Now honestly I’m used to this but I can’t forgive Dara or at least not yet. I was willing to forgive this mess because I thought Dara was an upright soldier or something at the start… but his personality revealed itself to be annoying, aggressive and even a little sleazy. I didn’t like him at all and the fact that Nahri knew this but still fell for him was not something that sit well for me.

Now I liked Ali’s pov probably because I like political intrigue in books but also because I liked Ali’s personality. He was a hothead and self righteous all up on his high horse but he was still soft hearted and kind and had his own agenda and moved his storyline. The consequences of those actions, he paid for them and I’m excited to see where his story goes.

TL;DR I like Nahri and Ali but not Dara although i seems like he’ll come back from the dead because of course he does by some machination the author conjures up.

My thoughts on the second book: This book was definitely better than the last book. It got momentum after the 30th chapter and ran with it. Nahri has more agency in this book and even has some control over her power. Ali is still a hothead but ever the diplomat but now he got weird abilities that he somehow had all his life. There were a lot of deaths happening in this book that I went “holy crap Ghassan is a dictator”. Still this book wasn’t exactly great and it dragged in a lot of parts especially in Dara’s POV because ***Spoiler alert*** Dara comes back from the dead. He starts another war and wanted to drag Nahri away without consulting her. I liked Nahri more in this book because she stood her ground. The book ended in a cliffhanger though but while the book has an interesting concept and story, it isn’t enough for me to buy the sequel. Low key, I think I would give this book 3.5 but because of the hard work the author put in the world building I raise it to 4.

Ease of reading: It was hard to read through some parts. It drags and I had to skim a lot of detail because some just bored me. But when it picked up, it hooked you in.

Memorable Characters: Ali is my favorite main character but Zaynab which is his sister is just a delight. I like her sassyness and cunning.

Quality of writing: There was one instance where I saw the line “He let out a breath he didn’t know he was holding” and I audibly groaned. But the rest was pretty good.

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Book Review: The City of Brass & The Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty Title: The City of Brass & The Kingdom of Copper Genre: Fantasy Pages: 576 & 640 respectively…

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These are the books I'm reading for July. Pretty excited to read Chronicles of Narnia and Priory of the Orange Tree. What books are you reading for July? #bookstagram #narnia #chroniclesofnarnia #theprioryoftheorangetree https://www.instagram.com/p/BzcQwZdn5vS/?igshid=1730k518h3sad

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Finally finished City of Brass and Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty! Going to post my full review of them later on lamafiamorada.wordpress.com so look out for it! #cityofbrass #kingdomofcopper #sachakraborty #bookstagram #bookblogger #bookreview https://www.instagram.com/p/BzZjQPwnd_0/?igshid=1di7a7mcwyt97

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Physical Book Collection. Updated! I like to call this my book jenga shelf bec it looks a little bit like a jenga. I dont have room for a shelf in my room so i put them all like these. You might be asking how i can remove books i want to read? Well good thing im smart and put all the books i havent read at the top and the ones ive read at the bottom. :D #bookshelf #shelfie #jengashelf #funkopops #ravenfunkopop #starfirefunkopop #blackfirefunko #jynxfunkopop https://www.instagram.com/p/BzYXzduHNTF/?igshid=1dx4oqgrky7la

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Purple Thangs (I may have more purple books stored but i prefer you not judge me on my first post) #purplebooks #purplebook #purple #books #bookstagram #smokeinthesun #thetraitorprince #theladysguidetopetticoatsandpiracy #wickedlikeawildfire #escuadron #nocturnes #aurorarising #blogger https://www.instagram.com/p/BzUnWkLn9ia/?igshid=rb0sy5x07m1y

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I’m sniped in my home where I live

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Top 5 Favorite Covers!

Top 5 Favorite Covers!

Lately I’ve been thinking that we often don’t give illustrators and designers the credit they deserve. Like 80% of why I buy a book is based on the cover art and the other 20% is the blurb. So this post is to show off my favorite book covers and in some way thank the creative people behind it! You’re going to see a lot of purple books, IMSORRYOKAY. (more…)

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Every single costume for all Animal Crossing Wave 1 Amiibo in Amiibo Festival. Which one’s your favorite?

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The Animal Crossing community can be so wholesome and friendly, and I love them for it!

…but as soon as a Nintendo Direct gets announced, that’s when the D̶͕̎̀͂̌́̾E̴͔̗͕̫͇̋̅̓̚M̶̠̠͆̆O̷̡͚̼̩̳̓̓̈̏͘͝N̸̹̦̄̈S̸̨̠̰̿ they keep hidden within themselves start jumping out.