#Ann lake

[stuckasmain]

Adore the Lakes, they’ll say the most insane thing you’ve ever heard in your life and just move on.

[geopsych]

Flowers by the lake, 31st of July 2019.

Queen Anne’s lace.

[aseaofquotes]

Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

[nexeliam]

At long last, chapter 11 of The Blind Wizard is out! Wow, I'm so sorry for how slow the publishing is!

Read the latest part on AO3 and Wattpad. Enjoy!

[ilikereadingactually]

Lake of Souls

Lake of Souls by Ann Leckie

what can i even say about this?? i have already established my deep love for Ann Leckie's work, and this collection lives up to all possible expectations. it's spectacular. every single story is an absolute BANGER.

the first section, standalone stories unrelated to her novels, is brimming with surprises and delights. each new premise and scenario presented me with characters i understood and loved immediately, and took me on a journey of unexpected turns. fabulous for any speculative reader honestly, but so particularly wonderful to me and my adhd brain! the imagination and unpredictability of each story kept me absolutely glued, and opened doors into worlds that felt fully realized. i could easily read a novel in every single world Leckie created here, but the stories are also satisfying--i don't NEED a novel in any of them, they are perfectly satiating morsels of lembas bread.

and in the second section we get stories in the Imperial Radch universe, two of which i had actually read before during the deepest dives of my Radch obsession, but which were fantastic to revisit. again, the worldbuilding and character development both stand out as Leckie's greatest strengths, giving insight into times and places outside the scope of her novels with tantalizing bits of in-universe history and folklore. i spent some time yelling out loud about them.

the third section, i now have to confess, i haven't read yet--because they're stories set in the universe of The Raven Tower, which i also have not had time to read yet in between galleys and library books with due dates, and i'd prefer to go into the novel not knowing anything about the world. but i can't imagine, at this point, that any story in this section is going to somehow alter my love for this collection, which is already deep and abiding. looking forward to sneaking in a read of The Raven Tower and then coming back to this!!

the deets

how i read it: an e-galley from NetGalley, which i wanted to read immediately but had to prioritize other deadlines first, so it was sitting approved on my shelf for months calling to me T^T

try this if you: love SFF at its most speculative and imaginative, are compelled by well-developed characters, dig themes of language and translation and the meeting/clashing of cultural norms, or are into Leckie's other work (obv)!

some bits i really liked: it was super hard to choose, so here's connected bits that made me laugh and one that made me holler "BREQ PLEASE" out loud in my empty apartment

"And you left me behind," continued Great Among Millions. "Alone. They asked and asked me where you were and I did not know, though I wished to." It made a tiny, barely perceptible stomp. "They put me in a storeroom. In a box." ... "Eye of Merur," said the first of the Thirty-Six. "We're glad you're back." "They're glad you're back," whispered Great Among Millions, just behind Het's right shoulder. "They didn't spend the time in a box."

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"She commands me," said Seven-Brilliant-Truths. "And I obey. Sister understands." "Yes," said Sister Ultimately-Justice, not even blinking.

pub date: April 2, 2024! That's tomorrow!!!!! Go get your copy!!

[huariqueje]

Pigeon Lake, Alberta -  Ann Goldberg , 2015.

Canadian , b. 1970s

Oil on canvas ,  36 x 48 in.

[rolloroberson]

“to see the blue-nose

world go drunk each night, to see the handsome

children jitterbug, to feel your left ear close

one Friday at Symphony…” - Anne Sexton from Some Foreign Letters

[t1rkb]

My top 10 favorite shows

[stuckasmain]

Half tempted to write a little something for Bunny Lake but that would require everyone to get real cool about a lot of stuff real fast.

[viivenn]

guys….. abbot crossover…. miranda hilmarson is the school resource officer… her and melissa… them….

the closet is made of glass.

[nexeliam]

A new chapter of "THE BLIND WIZARD - The curse of the lake" is out, with a bunch of illustrations it goes with.

Feel free to check it out !

[sakasamashoujo]

god i love this event story

[dozydawn]

[awakefor48hours]

[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

[dk-thrive]

For so many years I have kissed him. For so many years I have not kissed another soul, and there is a deep and abiding comfort in this.

— Ann Patchett, Tom Lake: A Novel (Harper, August 1, 2023)