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I'll be participating in Art Fight 2023! You can find my profile at mechafeline as usual ❤️

I do wanna take a sec as well to plug my more active blogs as well. I'm keeping this one for full finished art pieces but if that'll be about it. If you wanna see more regular stuff...

Main: @waveys-shenanigans

Daily Art: @pawprints-upthehill

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Trying to get back to making art again so of course I had to start with a Wavey 🐱 No idea if I'll keep this design but yea!

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‘The sweet sound of love- here comes Valentine!’ ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Price: £30 £40 with a teeny £55 with a teeny + headshot Examples of design + teeny Pauchisbas | TwewME | SpaceP00dle OWNER: n/a ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Rules: ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ - Do not sell for more than purchased- the exception is if there is additional art! - Please do not make major redesigns of this- transfers are an exception. - Do not harass anyone buying or you will be banned from future auctions and sales. - Do not buy what you cannot afford- I take payment within 48 hours of the comment - Please credit me with this design if you upload them to other websites! Once you have paid you will receive a HQ png of the Adopt! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

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PAX by Sara Pennypacker - Spoiler Free- Review

Howdy folks, 

 Once again everything written here is just my opinion you do not have to agree or disagree with anything I say in this review. if you feel like leaving a comment to discuss please do, but try to keep it as spoiler-free as you can. 

 I don’t feel like I can do specific pros and cons without giving away any spoilers so I will be just giving my overall thoughts and if anyone wants to know specifics I might do another post. 

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A coming of age story about the unbreakable bond between boy and fox.

Overall thoughts.

I gave it 5 stars. I loved this book so much and I would recommend it to anyone. I finished it in one day, I could not put it down. I really feel like this is definitely a future classic children’s book. Peter and Pax are separated and must find their way back to each other, on their journey; they both find out more about themselves and where they belong. It is such a simple concept and not massively original when I describe it that way. However, Sara Pennypacker writes these characters and their emotions so beautifully. I expected to go into this book and not be interested in Peter’s story. I just wanted to read about the cute fox dammit! But oh boy, did Peter’s journey take me by surprise. This is a kid who has had a lot happen in his life and as a 12-year-old has no idea who he is and how to process anything that he feels because of his environment and not once did it feel out of place.

Pennypacker dealt with the pretty serious topics of war, abandonment, and grief. How, it affects different people in different ways in such a poignant and moving approach. I never once felt that she ever dumbed it down or glossed over it ‘because it’s for children’. No, she was honest and it really does pack a punch. She took time to let you digest the emotions that the characters were feeling while not stalling the plot. (Which I was very grateful for because that’s a very big pet peeve of mine. Just because children are young doesn’t mean they are dumb!) So, yes. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who has kids, nieces, nephews, cousins, or even if you want to read about found family, self-discovery, love and loyalty. because I really do think this book will speak to anyone. Also, come on. Cute fox is all you need. We stan fuzzy boy!    

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Bookmark Discussion

Do you use a bookmark when reading? Because, I don’t, and apparently that is weird!

So, context. My friends @funkysora and @mechafeline and I do a lot of reading and they seem to think I’m some sort of monster because I don’t use a bookmark to keep track of where I have read. DONT PANIC! I don’t bend or dog-ear the pages or anything like that; those people are the monsters here! (only joking no matter how you keep track of your progress, as long as you are reading good for you!) I mean, honestly, my method is not that weird.

I just remember the page number. Because that is how my dad did it all throughout my childhood, so it was just normal that I copied him. To clarify, my dad is not dead, even though that last sentence made it seem like it, he just sticks to audiobooks now rather than physical copies. Anyway! I need some validation here that I am not a monster for just remembering where I last read. Am I? some people think its because I have a pretty good memory for useless nonsense, but no, its just how I have always done it, and also i would lose the bookmark so many times How do you keep track of your reading? Leave a reply below.

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Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - Spoiler Free Review

Howdy folks, Please keep in mind that this review is just my opinion, and if you disagree with me that is absolutely fine, great even. However, please do not be offended if I do not like a book that you love or vice versa. Regardless if you would like to leave a reply then please do, but try to keep it as spoiler-free as you can. —————— Arthur Dent was just trying to save his house from being demolished to make way for a new road. Little did he know that the whole planet was about to be destroyed. He is saved, and taken on a bizarre journey through space where he meets some strange characters.

This was the first book I read this year and honestly I was a little disappointed with it. Now, I know that it is a very huge cult classic at this point and a lot of people absolutely love it. I’m not sure if I just expected it to be something else or whether I had just built it up in my head too much (I do tend to do this with a lot of things) possibly it was a bit of both. 

So, I am willing to admit that this may have just been my issue and not the books.

Pros

The humour. It did take me a little while to get used to his style of writing humour through the dialogue sections. However, Adams ability to make me laugh while he has insulted me or humanity in general is, as a fellow Brit, something I can only applaud him for. Marvin. AKA my son! I loved him so much. Once he was introduced I was much more invested in the story. Again, it ties into Adams sarcastic humour that he put into this book, but for those of you who have read this book, we can probably all agree that we all have Marvin days.

Low page count. Now, for someone who has suffered/suffers with dyslexia and has challenged herself to read more books this year, being able to finish a book within a couple of days is a great feeling. So, the fact that this book is so short was great for me.

Cons

Pacing. It was too short. Yes, yes. I know I just contradicted myself. Though, the fast-paced momentum of this book felt very disorientating. It got much better as the book went on, but I struggled to keep up with who was who and where we were. I understand, that is the point of the book, it is very abstract and crazy and that is definitely part of the appeal to a lot of people; it was just very overwhelming at the beginning. I would have loved some more time with the characters, but maybe I will get that in the later books.

Worldbuilding. Or, lack of it. I never really felt like I was immersed in their environment. I think, because I am not hugely versed into the sci-fi genre (I tend to stick to fantasy) their surroundings didn’t feel like I could picture myself there. World building is one of my favourite things about reading. I like to get a description of the world, feel as though I could be there with the characters. Maybe this is a bit of a personal preference issue rather than a book issue, but it didn’t get me as invested in the story as I would have liked to be.

Overall thoughts

I really enjoyed this book. Yes, I was initially disappointed, but mostly because I thought I would love this book and I didn’t. However, it was a positive way to kick off my year of reading more books. I gave it 3/5 stars because I thought it was a good, light-hearted read; it made me laugh, which is always a plus. But, I am not desperate to continue the series right away. I will definitely be continuing it, just not right now.I would recommend this book to anyone who likes sarcasm or wants to try and get into sci-fi because it was pretty short and sweet, despite the cons I mentioned, it was a pretty easy and quick read. Sometimes that’s all you need.

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First Art Fight attack of the year! Art is super slow but I will do my best to get as many people as possible!

Windchaser, Revenge attack on Celtic-Barbarian

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I finally drew all of the dragonets of destiny! It took a small age but considering this is the first time I'm drawing some of these tribes I'm pretty happy with how they turned out!

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" I've been hellbent, baby "

Some OC art! This is the first full art piece I've done since getting my new tablet and damn it was pretty fun!

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Design 003 - Ravenpaw

[2020 Design]

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Design 002 - Graystripe

[2020 Design]

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🔥 Design 001- Firestar 🔥

[2020 Version]

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I finished my first set of four warriors pins! They're all up individually on my Redbubble store, I hope you guys like them!

All reblogs aren't just deeply appreciated but will earn you my undying love 💖

Individual links: [ Firestar ] [ Graystripe ] [ Ravenpaw ] [ Barley ]

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I made this fun little sticker pack to celebrate Leopardstar's Honor (and its messy, messy allegiances) coming out soon! You can grab these over on my Redbubble store if you wanna support me and get some funky art of a girlboss/war criminal!

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Guess who's back on Flight Rising?

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⚠️ Minor blood/gore warning! ⚠️

I wanted to make Toyhouse icons for each of my original series and ta-da! One day I will actually make content for any of them but...yeah not today.

Working titles and characters, in order: Spectrum (Characters: Dexter, Merlin & Nymphadora) Trapped (Character: Gabbie) Revolution (Characters: Katrina, Mysia & Azalea) Summers Curse (Character: Jhaxi)

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Big attack against the lovely @mechafeline!