#Christina Harris Biography

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[ashesandhackles]

End of the Year Reading Tag

Thank you so much for tagging me @senadimell ❤️❤️ this was fun!

1) Did you reach your reading goal for this year (if you had one)?

My reading goal was to get back to reading for pleasure as opposed to for research. I used to be able to devour novels within weeks as a teenager and well into my early 20s. My priorities shifted and i clearly got burnt out (i really felt what you meant when you talked about your own reading habits xD @senadimell ), and I only had attention span and investment for fanfiction anymore. Most of my recent reading had to do with researching an event, cultures, politics and almost always had to do with work of some sort.

I rediscovered reading for pleasure last year and I am thankful for it.

2) What are your Top 3 books this year?

Well, given that I have only finished a few books last year, it's not all that much. So Six of Crows duology? It's been a while since I got invested in characters and cared about them.

3) What's a book that you didn't expect to enjoy quite as much going in?

Persuasion. Both Austen's tendencies for run off sentences (especially daunting when reading online as a "recently rediscovering reading for pleasure" person) and a quiet, resilient protagonist was something I didn't think I would enjoy as much I did. I really adore Anne, and I didn't expect to. With Austen, I tend to be drawn towards protagonists like Lizzy or Emma and Anne was very different, but also very refreshing.

4) Were there any books that didn't live up to your expectations?

Errr. I heard a lot about Naomi Wolf's The Beauty Myth. Unfortunately for myself, I had gotten her book Vagina: A New Biography. I was expecting to learn some cultural histories, how much patriarchy informs it but it eventually devolved into embracing your inner goddess (with a dash of "here is how it is in the mystical land of eastern cultures" 🙄 and my favourite aggressive question she posed to heterosexual man via her book: "do you want to be married to a Goddess or a bitch?"), which I side-eye very heavily.

5) Did you reread any old faves? If so, which one was your favorite?

As followers from my blog know, Harry Potter became a coping mechanism in the pandemic. My favourite reading experience would be Prisoner of Azkaban. The development of Harry's journey there is so tight and contained - and also very satisfying.

6) Did you DNF (=did not finish) any books?

Plenty. 😅 It's all because of attention span because I do intend to go back and read it:

- Sweating Saris: Indian Dance as Transnational Labor by Priya Srinivasan

- Upside Down: A Primer for Looking Glass World by Eduardo Galeano

- Blank on Map by Eric Shipton / Nanda Devi also by him (i especially love his writing style, so I really want to get back to these!)

7) Did you read any books outside of your usual preferred genre(s)?

No :( possibly this year!

8) What was your predominant format this year?

PDFs! Six of Crows was bought after I finished reading it online!

9) What's the longest book you read this year?

Possibly the Six of Crows duology still? The Vagina would have been the longest, but i couldn't finish it.

10) What are your top 3 anticipated 2022 releases?

I actually haven't been following any releases. I remember checking out Christina Lauren after a recommendation to read a romance (it's been a while and I am actually really bored of this genre - to the point I want to rant about what I dislike) - they have a book with a summary that looks interesting coming out this year. It's about a girl who is an outdoor guide? I might check that one out.

11) What books from your TBR did you not get to this year, but are excited to read in 2022?

I look forward to returning to books I didn't finish - especially Eric Shipton! And also looking forward to Half of Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Adichie.

Tagging @thedreamermusing @thecat-isblogging-blog @dragonlordette @hinnyfied @mrs-stubby-boardman @floreatcastellumposts @somesunlitdays @yletylyf and anyone who wants to do this!

[jaynedolluk]

BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2020 PART 2

Wanted to post this just to complete my end of year posts.

I don’t tend to read that many novels but I did read some really good ones this year - Queenie (debut novel by Candice Carty-Williams about a young black girl living in London), Black Wave (by Michelle Tea - a queer woman leaves behind her drug addicted past in San Francisco to escape to Los Angeles only for the announcement that the world is due to end), Mirror, Mirror (by Paula Byrne - a story based on the life on Marlene Dietrich partly narrated by her mirror), Oligarchy (by Scarlett Thomas - a Russian girl ends up at an English boarding school that’s dominated by a sinister devotion to extreme dieting), and Wonderland (by Juno Dawson - about a young trans girl at a posh boarding school who’s trying to track down her friend who’s gone missing + ends up at a secret houseparty - loved this esp all the nods to Alice In Wonderland). 

Probably my favourite of all was Boy Parts by Eliza Clark which is about a young female artist who’s moved back to Newcastle + spends her time taking explicit photos of young men she scouts on the streets. One reviewer described it as like American Psycho meets Fleabag which is a good way of summing up its deranged genius. 

Read a couple of books by Hallie Rubenhold - The Five (about the women murdered by Jack The Ripper) and The Covent Garden Ladies (about Harris’ List of the late 1700s + the female sex workers who appeared on it + the times they lived in). Also read Mad + Bad. Real Heroines of the Regency by Bea Koch which seeks to redress the balance the bit for the women of the Regency period by showing that there were women involved in the sciences + that not all women of the period were only concerned with their ballgowns + who to marry.

Also read a few good books on drag - Serving Face by Felix Le Freak (which is a collection of profiles/interviews w/various drag performers), Drag. The Complete Story by Simon Doonan (which is an overview of different types of drag such as comedy or fashion and how they’ve evolved over the years), and Legendary Children by tom Fitzgerald + Lorenzo Marquez (which takes RPDR as a starting point to examine different facets of LGBT culture including profiles of various people over the years).

Read Fangirls by Hannah Ewens which discussed different aspects of fandom by highlighting the experience of different groups of female fans around the world and She Found It at the Movies edited by Christina Newland which was a collection of essays by various female authors discussing how films had influenced + inspired their desires. Style Tribes by Caroline Young was a great look at various subcultures + I especially appreciated it looking outside Europe/North America which some books like this have a tendency not to do. 

I read a couple of good mental health related books. Charlotte Amelia Poe’s memoir, How to Be Autistic (I particularly liked the fandom references in it). The More or Less Definitive Guide to Self Care by Anna Borges (which is an A to Z of all different suggestions for self care + includes different people talking about what works for them). It’s Not OK to Feel Blue and Other Lies edited by Scarlett Curtis (which is an anthology of writing by various celebrities covering all aspects of mental health). 

One of my favourite books of the year was Girl, Stop Passing Out in Your Makeup by Zara Barrie which is a cross between her memoir + a self help guide and is v. funny + so cool + includes chapter heading such as An Ode to the Girls Who Grew Up Too Fast, Praying to Lana Del Rey, and PSA: Bottomless Mimosas Are Taking You Down.

I was also delighted to see Anita Pallenberg finally get a biography of her own (She’s a Rainbow by Simon Wells) which sought to explore the life of a complex and creative woman who too often has been reduced to just ‘girlfriend of the Rolling Stones.’

[crescentharborrp]

BASICS

Name: Lara Christina Winter.

Gender/Pronouns: cisfemale, (she/her).

Date of Birth: April 13th, 1987.

Age: 33.

Hometown: Seattle, Washington.

Length of time in Crescent Harbor: 33 years.

Neighborhood: Bywater Park.

Occupation: Social Media Manager.

Faceclaim: Satomi Ishihara.

BIOGRAPHY (trigger warnings: implied drug abuse, implied alcoholism, overdose, foster care)

“The world goes on, stupid and brutal, but I do not. Can't you see? I do not.” —Jennifer Donnelly

The Winter family have always been the exact opposite of the image their name would invoke, a family that instead of being frosty and detached, were a warm and loving bunch with as many troubling trials and mishaps as any family next door. ‘There is no such thing as perfection’ Mrs. Winter would remind her children, a mixed bunch of adopted and foster kids that belonged as much as her biological children did. ‘But what matters is that you try.’ Mr. Winter would finish. And though such words of encouragement were only meant to help and not hinder, Lara Christina would not be first nor last to realise that their name isn’t inspired by the literal cold, but the ceaseless strength of such a season that endured, even in the most silent, most dread-filled moments. 

Lara was one of the middle children of the Winter brood, identifiable by the blonde hair almost always set in braids with her cornflower blue eyes perpetually set to the distance. With a penchant for adventure it was she who would be the last child inside for dinner with dirt on her hands and knees and leaves in her pocket, she who by the time she was fourteen would steal weekends to stay with friends or adventuring into the city, even taking up hiking eventually when she convinced her elder siblings that she could keep up with them. 

Her parents used to say that her restlessness would lead her right out of Crescent Harbor one day, and by the time she was sixteen she had dreams of walking through the halls of Versailles, of backpacking through Italy, and taking a photo outside of Buckingham Palace (and maybe even meeting Prince Harry), maps and brochures taped to her side of the bedroom she shared with her siblings. There was no question about it: their adventurer was made for a world beyond Crescent Harbor, and she had every intention of making her dreams come true. 

However, those same dreams had not included a child by her high school sweetheart at a young age. They’d talked about it of course (it, being what they wanted to do in the future), getting out of town and being able to travel as they grew older, maybe even applying to a university out of the state and studying for a semester out of the country. But Lara had fallen pregnant over New Years break her junior year, and early into her senior year of high school, they’d welcomed their little Mason Hawthorne into the world. 

It should be known that they’d both tried to do the right things. Not only for themselves, but for their infant son. Without either of their parents’ support, they moved in together, trying to balance raising their son between Quinn dropping out taking on multiple jobs to keep them afloat and Lara working part time and staying in school. There was nothing easy about it. Lara can’t remember how many times she’d cried, still nearly a child herself as she tried to settle their son down for the night so she could trudge her way through a calculus assignment and Quinn could rest. But what mattered at the end of the day was that they made it through each day, and that every day they tried even more to give as good as they could. As her parents had instilled in her, it wasn’t that they had a perfect life. But that they put in the effort. 

What she didn’t expect was how difficult it all could become; how being a young adult, a young mother would test her mettle. They weren’t perfect, but they were happy. Or, at least, she tried to convince themselves they were until the fighting had become too much and seemingly out of nowhere, she stopped trying temporarily. Lara had left with their son on her hip and returned home. Their adventurer, their dreamer returned to her safe place to land with her head down and tears in her eyes. Her dreams, hers and Quinn’s promises had not only frayed at the edges, but finally cracked like a mirror. Reflected in her gaze were those ideas shattered. So she’d begin again, under the safety of her parents’ roof, with the help of her siblings as she slowly picked herself up: she enrolled in a local college, worked full time — and in a way that only a Winter could, Lara tried, again and again with Quinn. 

Perhaps a better girlfriend would have stuck it out; a better partner would have been able to support him better for his sake and hers and Mason’s. In a way, she will never forgive herself for not being able to do so; as regrettably with each relapse, after every promise that he was clean and stable and better for them and their son was broken, that same shattered yet enduring love wore away with the sea that lapped at Crescent Harbor’s shores. His overdose at the age of twenty-six, a scene she (much to her horror) had discovered with their son, was the last straw. After being raised to not stop trying, to endure and persevere, to not prize perfection but the effort put forward, Lara stopped entirely. 

Instead of attempting again to try and raise their son together as a family, to heal what was so obviously fractured between the both of them, Lara Christina Winter stepped away, for once embodying the unforgiving, frosty invocation of her surname. She looked critically at her jobs and career trajectory, dedicated herself to her son: her dreams would no longer be based on a family of three, but two; the trips and little escapes from the monotony of life would be for her and Mason to enjoy. She’d give their son the stability a child would need, a soft place to land if he fell, and after failing Quinn, the promise on her own life that she would never stop trying for him.

In the next handful of years, it would be she and Mason on a trip to Disneyland and Universal Studios, to Hawaii, and after landing a new job three years ago as a social media manager for an eSports organisation based in Seattle, she’s finally been able to afford the both of them a short trip to France and Italy, and has flown with Mason to trips across the United States to attend the professional league tournaments of the video games he loves. 

Although she’s finally had the adventures she’s dreamed of by the age of thirty-three (and lived many more that she could have never imagined) it’s only through her new occupation that she’s had an inkling how much she has to regain. Between her career, Mason, and still lukewarm-at-best relationship with Quinn since his last overdose, it’s been seven years of hard work without letting anyone into her life to access those same vulnerabilities and dreams that Lara had for herself. Mason is sixteen now, and the ‘what if's' of a bigger family, of having a partner or another child have popped into her mind thanks to the younger demographic of her workplace. She’s been reminded time and time again (and the reminders have now begun to come from Mason, too) that she’s still young, and still has the world of opportunities to enjoy. She has to remember she’s more than a mother and co-worker— Lara has to try for herself, too.

PERSONALITY

+ creative, self-sufficient, dedicated.

- protective, escapist, repressed.

[thedarlingmalfoy]

//A big hello to everyone and thank you for coming to this blog. This blog is for my original character Christina Mallory Malfoy from the Harry Potter universe. I have included a small background biography here for your reference. As you may have noticed, my face claim for Christina is Amanda Seyfried, gorgeous girl that she is.  

Christina is the sister of Abraxsus Malfoy and was previously romantically connected to Tom Riddle when he was a young man. They were married at one point, Tom taking advantage of her love to cement his place in pureblood society. The match only lasted for a short period of time before they split, Tom attempting to dispose of Christina as she was becoming more of a hindrance than anything else. Christina escaped with her life and lived abroad in a cottage in the Black Forest. She maintained good contact with her nephew Lucius and focused on developing and studying the ancient earth based magick of the world. 

I hope you enjoy the blog and I look forward to interacting with all of you.   

[tricksterdreamsreads]

Do I Have That Book Challenge

Tagged by @flamingmirrorbookish. Because it looked like fun and I really wanted to do it!

Do you have a book with deckled edges? The Wrath and the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh

Do you have a book with 3 or more people on the cover? The Love Interest by Cale Dietrich, Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

Do you have a book based on another fictional story? Lost Boy by Christina Henry (Peter Pan), A Curse so Dark and Lonely by Brigit Kemmerer (Beauty and the Beast), The Runemarks series by Joanne M. Harris (it’s norse mythology, does it count?) 

Do you have a book with a title 10 letters long? Someone New by Laura Kneidl, The Mermaid by Christina Henry, The Chemist by Stephenie Meyer

Do you have a book with a title that starts and ends with the same letter? Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo, Soul Mates - Flüstern des Lichts by Bianca Iosivoni

Do you have a Mass Market Paperback book? Plenty! Pretty much anything written by Jeaniene Frost (The Night Huntress series and all the spin-offs) And the Supernatural tie-ins.

Do you have a book written by an author using a pen name? I... actually have no idea... It’s likely that I do but I don’t keep up with that stuff so if I do I’m not aware.

Do you have a book with a character’s name in the title? Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie, The Gospel of Loki by Joanne M. Harris, Rheanne - An Bord der Adlerschwinge by Anne Troja 

Do you have a book with 2 maps in it? A Game of Thrones by G.R.R. Martin (well more than just two but whatever)

Do you have a book that was turned into a TV show? 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Do you have a book written by someone who is originally famous for something else? ?(celebrity/athlete/politician/tv personality…) You’re never weird on the internet (almost) by Felicia Day and Revenge of the Nerd by Curtis Armstrong. (They are biographies/memoires. Am I cheating?)

Do you have a book with a clock on the cover? Almost Midnight by Rainbow Rowell

Do you have a poetry book? William Shakespeare’s Complete Works do count, don’t they? His Sonnets are included. 

Do you have a book with an award stamp on it? Yes, and I hate those. I hate non-removable stickers/stamps on books. It ruins the cover. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Abertalli, A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness 

Do you have a book written by an author with the same initials as you? Caraval by Stephanie Garber, The Smoke Thieves by Sally Green

Do you have a book of short stories? Because you love to hate me edited by Amerii, All Out - The no-longer secret stories of queer teens throughout the ages edited by Saundra Mitchell

Do you have a book that is between 500-510 pages long? The Last Magician by Lisa Maxwell (500p.) and Our Dark Duet by Victoria Schwab (510p.) 

Do you have a book that was turned into a movie? So many! The Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer, The Host by Stephenie Meyer, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Abertalli, The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, LotR,The Hobbit... I’m sure there’s more.

Do you have a graphic novel? Uuh, I still haven’t fully gotten the difference between ‘Graphic Novels’ and ‘Comic books’. I own a shit-ton of the latter (Mostly but not exclusively Manga). I guess Twilight part 1+2 and New Moon part 1 adapted by Young Kim is a safe bet? As for a comic book example, The Complete Elfquest Vol. 1-5 by Richard and Wendy Pini.

Do you have a book written by 2 or more authors? What if it’s us by Becky Abertalli and Adam Silvera

[nodynasty4us]

A thoughtful dialog in response to the article I linked to here. A few excerpts (but the whole thing is worth reading in full):

Harris: Absolutely. Yes, and I do think there is this tendency among a certain set of progressives to feel that about LGBT issues, certainly about gay and lesbian issues. To feel like: “We solved that, and everybody’s equal now,” so we don’t have to factor in [sexual orientation] when we talk about candidates. I certainly don’t know any actual gay people who feel that way, so it can be a little jarring to hear this historic nature of a gay candidacy and have a gay candidate dismissed by other progressives.

... I think this was where I got my back up a little bit about the insistence on comparing Buttigieg and Warren, because Pete Buttigieg is a gay, Midwestern, veteran mayor of a city. That’s not Elizabeth Warren’s background, and all of that is part of who he is. The fact is, people don’t vote just by closing their eyes, getting the pictures of who the candidates are out of their heads and saying, “OK, but what are their positions?” It’s about this weird intersection of positions and biography and demeanor and experience and age. And with a lot of those X factor issues, probably most of all the issue of “relatability,” there’s a huge amount to interrogate about the difference between the way men and women are treated. That’s where I think the criticism is legitimate. I just think it was interesting and, to me, somewhat disturbing that this wasn’t a discussion of Warren versus Inslee, or Warren versus Hickenlooper, or Warren versus Biden. It was about the one gay candidate in the race, and it felt like he was not necessarily the right place to aim one’s wrath about this particular issue, I guess.

Cauterucci: I was trying to think about, what do we value in a candidate who comes from a background that’s underrepresented? And how does that identity, if they want to identify with that aspect of their identity, affect their perspective? How have Pete Buttigieg’s identities informed his perspective? Recently, talking about Chick-fil-A, he said that the boycott of Chick-fil-A is a lot of virtue signaling, or maybe it’s a worthy cause, but there’s a lot of virtue signaling involved there among progressives. To me, that says he’s actively trying to play down the way his gay identity might be affecting his politics, because an economic boycott is the opposite of virtue signaling. It’s trying to prevent money from being funneled into the hands of people who would want to continue to subjugate queer people.

Harris: ...I remember the “Obama isn’t black enough” pushback in his first campaign, and it seems to me absolutely inevitable that the first really viable gay candidate is going to be mild, moderate, almost aggressively reasonable about gay issues.

Cauterucci: Reasonable for straight people, not reasonable for gay people.

[operativehq]

after almost twenty four hours after the submit has closed and 11+ hours of reading applications and making painstaking decisions, the long-awaited acceptance post has come. i’d sincerely thank every single applicant for applying because i really don’t lie when i say that i read through every single app and had to make some very tough decisions, some that hurt my heart because almost every app came neck and neck with each other. this entire experience has been surreal -- i never expected for my plot idea to take off so incredibly and for such kind words to be said about it. i definitely did not anticipate 43 apps to end up in my inbox and to have such dedicated and patient applicants. thank you so much to everyone who’s been a part of this experience already, i really, really can’t say it enough or articulate it well.

to people who are not accepted -- i really mean it when i say that i wish i could accept everyone. every single app went beyond my expectations, and if you weren’t accepted it is NOT a testament to your writing abilities or anything personal. having to pick ONE person out of so many apps, or ELEVEN out of FORTY-THREE ?? it’s nearly impossible. it breaks my heart to not be able to accept THIRTY-TWO apps that were so beautiful. i strongly encourage people who weren’t accepted to keep an eye on this rp in case any openings or expansions occur in the future, because i’d really love to have people reapply. i wish i could type with the conviction and passion that i’m feeling right now when i say that every app blew me out of the water, but now i’m repeating myself over and over again. ( if anyone would like feedback on their app or for me to send their app back to them, please let me know over the course of this week. )

with that said, under the cut are the eleven accepted applicants. please send in your accounts within TWENTY-FOUR HOURS and be sure to check out the CHECKLIST as well as the inbox of your character blog once you send in your account so i can send invites to the ooc discord chat !!

CONGRATULATIONS LAURA ! YOU HAVE BEEN GRANTED ACCESS TO THE FILE OF AGENT AURUM, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS MALCOLM WEBB ( REECE KING ). 

holy crap, laura !! your writing is amazing !! you really made malcolm come alive, with everything from your edits to your stunning biography and description of his personality. my heart really hurt for malcolm while i was reading about his background and you really provided so much depth behind the surface-level rich kid. you displayed his vulnerabilities and desires incredibly well. also, i love how you even added depth to the way his skills ?? thank you so, so much for applying, love, and welcome !!

CONGRATULATIONS EMILY ! YOU HAVE BEEN GRANTED ACCESS TO THE FILE OF AGENT CRIMSON, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS RAFAEL BOLÍVAR ( TYLER POSEY ).

emily -- can we talk about the way you write for a sec ?? it’s absolutely phenomenal. you took a darker twist to crimson than i could have imagined and i loved every second of it. your backstory for him is incredibly unique to me and i’m so excited to work with his narrative throughout the rp !! beyond that, you really know your character well !! i was blown away by your para samples -- the way you wrote his connection with nikolai and also that drabble about him and tony ?? you have such a knack in your writing to be able to sympathize with your muses, like oh my god. i’m so glad you applied and i can’t wait to see how you develop rafe !!

CONGRATULATIONS CHRISTINA ! YOU HAVE BEEN GRANTED ACCESS TO THE FILE OF AGENT CYGNUS, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS RHYSAND ATTWOOD ( HARRY STYLES ).

you truly went above and beyond, christina, and i am honestly so glad you came out of retirement from the rpc to apply !! the cygnus competition was so, so tough, but i kept coming back to your application. not only is your writing incredible, every facet of your application was so detailed it was clear that you had an understanding of rhys !! the thing that completely sold me was that you wrote about every connection rhys would have and how rhys would act and that was so great to see !! i also loved your twist on rhys & odessa’s connection ?? i also love his potential development and the way you tied his story into the plot !! i can’t wait to write with you, love, welcome to operative !!

CONGRATULATIONS TERESA ! YOU HAVE BEEN GRANTED ACCESS TO THE FILE OF AGENT HAWTHORN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS CALLIOPE MAXWELL ( CARTIA MALLAN ).

my goodness, i absolutely loved your app, teresa !! it was so unique and i loved how you showed how much depth callie had and the development that she has gone through and will continue to go through. i just loved the twist on her backstory and how she didn’t start off too kind ?? you made the skeleton of hawthorn three-dimensional and complex !! also, your ideas for her goal and how to extend it into a plot in the future was so creative and intriguing, i can’t wait to explore it more with you, love !! also, the liberties you took with your para sample absolutely paid off !! i loved seeing callie’s perspective on the provided connections. welcome, teresa !!

CONGRATULATIONS JULIE ! YOU HAVE BEEN GRANTED ACCESS TO THE FILE OF AGENT HYALUS, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS DANAË BAUTISTA ( CLEO LAZULI ).

hyalus was another tough decision, but julie, i absolutely loved your take on hyalus. not only did the memes and vines make me laugh out loud, but you gave such a fresh perspective on our resident hacker. just the aspects ( and perhaps irony ) of her father’s condition made me incredibly sad, but it provided a ton of depth to danaë ?? and i loved the fact that you gave her the label ‘ the icarus ’, the way you explained it made me love danaë even more !! also, your research for the role literally had me with my mouth open while i was going through your app ?? and the fact that you included a family tree / timeline ?? your dedication is unreal. thank you so much for applying and i can’t wait to see danaë on the dash !!

CONGRATULATIONS RHINE ! YOU HAVE BEEN GRANTED ACCESS TO THE FILE OF AGENT MERCURY, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS LYSANDER SEO ( LEE JONG SUK ).

the competition for mercury was probably one of the toughest -- every single app i read for that role was filled with so much effort and talent, that i kept going back and forth between so many. but rhine -- i strongly believe that you have an ability to paint with words. as i kept reading, i was just swept away by your writing ability ?? every single sentence was like a masterpiece !! and the way you wrote lys and his backstory was something i’ve never really seen before, and the amount of research you put into it was amazing !! while i was reading it all, i was internally screaming out of astonishment for your writing and sorrow for lys. he has so much depth and you understand him so well !! i cannot wait to see you play lysander on the dash and in events !!

CONGRATULATIONS EL ! YOU HAVE BEEN GRANTED ACCESS TO THE FILE OF AGENT NOX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS KINGSLEY LIM ( BANG YONGGUK ).

el, el, el !! your writing is insanely beautiful and by the end of your app, i felt like i understood king extremely well. his backstory had me crying and i loved the way you made nikolai a tether for king. also that pinterest ?? organized from head to toe had me already screaming, but then your explanation for each color and what it meant... it had me on the floor, quite honestly. your understanding of king and the very dark take on nox’s skeleton was stunning to read !! and those last two lines of his bio ?? had me weeping. in any case, i can’t wait to see kingsley develop here and welcome to the rp !!

CONGRATULATIONS GUBSE ! YOU HAVE BEEN GRANTED ACCESS TO THE FILE OF AGENT OPHIDIAN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS OLIVER KNIGHTLEY ( XAVIER SERRANO ).

goodness, the depth you gave ophidian was astounding  -- the anger, the loneliness, the flirtations  -- it was all wrapped up into oliver so perfectly ?? and then your development questions... the way you answered them ?? your writing is absolutely amazing !! it's a different vision i had for ophidian, but that’s in no means a bad thing. it's exactly why i loved it so, so much. just the line " he looks in the mirror. ' what are you capable of ? '" gave me shivers. i absolutely cannot wait to see how you play oliver on the dash. congratulations and welcome to operative !!

CONGRATULATIONS MINNIE ! YOU HAVE BEEN GRANTED ACCESS TO THE FILE OF AGENT PHANTOM, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS JIYOON ARIELLA HAN ( PARK SOOYOUNG ).

everything from the biography, to the stats, to the connections, to your character’s goal... all i can say is wow !! i also absolutely loved the pinterest boards that went along with the biography !! every twist and turn that your writing took me on had me love every minute. it was a different take than i expected for phantom, but you captured the skeleton’s essence and really made it your own !! the explanation of her personality just confirmed that you were the one for phantom !! your writing is spectacular and i truly can’t wait to write with ariella !!

CONGRATULATIONS HONEY ! YOU HAVE BEEN GRANTED ACCESS TO THE FILE OF AGENT PHOENIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS FRANCIS KANG ( JEON JUNGKOOK ).

holy shit, honey. i was weeping for francis and i really loved your take on phoenix’s connection and the depth you put behind him. i loved how much of a facade he put up & your depiction of him and odessa !! besides all that, your writing is gorgeous !! your in-character paragraph for phoenix really sold it for me !! you really have a good grasp on francis, and your creativity with his background / personality has me so excited to see where he goes and how he’ll develop !! thank you so much for applying and welcome !!

CONGRATULATIONS CLEO ! YOU HAVE BEEN GRANTED ACCESS TO THE FILE OF AGENT SCORPIUS, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ANGELINA DELAROSA ( CINDY KIMBERLY ).

the scorpius decision was probably the toughest of the whole acceptance process -- each app was absolutely amazing and i was struggling to pick just one. but i kept coming back to yours. your writing is almost poetic, and the way you wrote angelina was something that really pulled at my heart. the fact that you gave so much depth to the scorpius skeleton, beyond just a seductress, really gave it to me !! also, your paragraph samples, your explanation on her personality ?? my goodness, i could really tell that you understood angelina, from the way you wrote her goal, to her despair following nikolai, to the way you even wrote a drabble about her first mission... and the way you described those aesthetics as well !! your app had me absolutely floored !! you’re such a talented writer, and i can’t wait to see where you go with angelina !! welcome to the roleplay, love !!

[helenalwrites]

A little about me (Something I was tagged in)

What made you first start writing? Do remember anything specific that made you start or have you always “just wanted to?” I don’t remember why I started writing. I remember doing a writing contest in first grade that I won for my school and placed in my school district. That’s is probably when I started and I kind of got hooked on making up stories from there.

What was your favorite childhood book? Being the avid reader that I was I loved Amelia Bedelia books, Nancy Drew, The Wayside School books, and even biographies. I was a total nerd from a very young age.

Have you read a book or story that you would say stuck with you “the most” either as a reader or as a writer? Harry Potter. I was about 9 or 10 when they came out and I started reading them. I was instantly transported to Hogwarts. I wanted to be at Hogwarts so bad I couldn’t stand it. Then all the drama about it being evil because of magic got going with members of my own family and I was quick to defend the books. Don’t judge something you’ve never read. I found the overall story inspiring and wanted to create something on that level just how JK Rowling did. She’s seriously a major inspiration of mine.

Music! Do you use it at any point in your writing process? Always! I can’t do anything in silence. I need music to function. I have quite a bit of playlists but most of what I listen to are different types of rock music, primarily symphonic and gothic rock/metal bands. My main playlist has bands like Nightwish, Delain, Epica, Lacuna Coil, Kamelot, Amaranthe, Depeche Mode, Evanescence, Within Temptation, ReVamp, After Forever, Leaves’ Eyes, HIM, Tarja, The Birthday Massacre, Xandria, Tarja, and many more. Occasionally I’m listening to more Pop music like Taylor Swift, Maroon 5, Demi Lovato, Kelly Clarkson, etc. I do randomly get in moods to listen to my favorite stuff from my teenage years like Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, N SYNC, Christina Aguilera, Spice Girls, etc. I also have my classic rock, 80′s pop and rock, 90s music, and 90s country moods too. It all depends on my mood and what I’m working on to be honest. I just really love music. 

How do you feel about fairy tales? Love them, hate them, read them all the time, think they’re childish or is it something else? I love fairy tales. I still read them. I find them fascinating. While the older I get the more of a realist I can be, deep down I’m still the hopeless romantic that believes in fairy tales. 

What kind/sphere of knowledge tends to influence your writing the most? (i.e. if you know a ton about music, does that show up in your work? Are you a mythology buff and pull a great deal from that knowledge? Or maybe you’re into science and use that a good bit!) I’m a history buff. I love history! I find it so fascinating and you can learn so much from it. I don’t understand how anyone can hate history because the study of it helps us learn where we came from so we can keep from repeating the mistakes of the past. European and Russian history are my favorites. My specialty is Middle Ages Europe through the Religious Reformation. I also know a lot of British history because I’m of Anglo-Norman English descent. I find Imperial Russia quite fascinating as well. I may be American but American history is one of my weak spots. I’m very influenced by the things in history that have grasped my attention. I love things Medieval, Renaissance, and Victorian. I could go on forever about what all historical things that I love to study.

Have you had/do you have one person that you would consider your “writing mentor?” I had a teacher in high school that particularly mentored me with writing poetry. I was introduced to the work of Sylvia Plath by this person as well. They had a big influence in my life and I’m very grateful that I did have them.

Have any books made you want to travel to a specific place (in the real world of course!) SIMPLY because the book really brought it to life? Harry Potter - Hogwarts and the Wizarding World, Lord of the Rings - Middle Earth, A Song of Ice and Fire - Westeros and Essos (though I’m afraid the trip there would end with me losing my head or turned into a white walker or something), The Hollows Series - Rachel Morgan’s version of the world with the altered history and the Ever After

Have you ever named a pet after a character from a book you read? Have you named a pet after a character from a work that you wrote? My cat’s name is Callie Daenerys - her middle name being obvious of where it came from

Do any specific settings crop up repeatedly in your works? Are those settings pulled from where you currently live or have lived in the past? I think most of things that crop up come from history books or my imagination. Nowhere I’ve lived but definitely some I’ve visited aka visiting Vlad the Impaler’s castles in Tirgoviste and Bucharest, Romania when living there for a few months.

I was tagged by @jamieanovels. Thanks so much for tagging me! I’d like to tag @raynakingston and @strikezilla01.

[fundforteachers]

Happy birthday to J.K. Rowling, who brought the magical world of Harry Potter to readers of all ages! Last month, we sent two Fellows off on their Potter Trail journey. We’ve checked in with them to learn more about the author’s inspiration for her beloved books and how the librarians Vilma Martinez and Christina Stark plan to inspire readers after “being there”:

“Our Fund for Teachers fellowship has come to a close, but the magic will continue to brighten our library worlds and in turn the world of our students. We are grateful that Fund for Teachers "chose" us to be recipients of a 2017 grant! Harry Potter has been in our hearts for years, what better way to re-ignite the love for the series in ourselves, our students and future generations of readers than by going to the sites captured in the pages of J.K. Rowling’s magical series?  Reading the books, biographies, newspapers, watching movies...NOTHING...can compare to the experience of seeing and learning things for ourselves.  

To stand in the grandeur of places like Tower Bridge, Lacock Abbey, Gloucester Cathedral, Warner Bros. Studio Tour London, and all the others, it's just an indescribable feeling. We love J.K. Rowling for creating such vivid, complex, beloved characters and a truly magical world that continues to touch so many people -- young and old alike! Through our walks, we saw older couples getting just as excited to stand in the places where Harry, Ron and Hermione stood and we could hear the excitement in their voices, see the excitement on their faces. (People could say the same thing about us!)

Twenty years after Rowling’s first book was published, we were there to celebrate her spirit and her characters and the magic welcomed us with open arms as we created videos that will enhance students’ reading experience. In addition, we’re planning the following activities for students after they read each book in the series:

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Choose your House: a sorting ceremony where students will be placed into their House (and earn house points throughout the year). "Plenty of courage, I see. Not a bad mind, either. There's talent, oh yes. And a thirst to prove yourself.  But where to put you?"--The Sorting Hat

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Photo opportunity with robe and house scarf, plus Make Your Own Wand MakerSpace project.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Write a handwritten letter to J.K. Rowling and a tweet using our schools’ library Twitter accounts.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: House competitions in which students compete for points answering questions based on the first four books read using Quizizz. (if you haven't used this app in the classroom, check it out, it's tons of fun for students, they will beg you to use it again and again).

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: Use Google Slides or TouchCast to write or report on their favorite characters. (Write Ups will be showcased on the library "Hogwarts: Heroes and Villains" bulletin board display.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: Using MovieMaker or other video making app or program, make a promotional video to entice new readers. Special screenings to occur live during Morning Announcements.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Discover the most popular title in the series. Provide students with a ballot which they will cast at the end-of-the-year Harry Potter Party where students can have a magical time talking and sharing their favorite parts, books, characters, scenes, the list goes on and on. The House Winner will be announced and photographed! More photo ops such as "Have You Seen This Wizard," Platform 9 and 3/4's and anything else the students come up with!

J.K. Rowling said it perfectly,  "The stories we love best do live in us forever, so whether you come back by page or by the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home."

So again, thank you Fund for Teachers and a big thank you to our blog readers for following us on this magical exploration of all things Harry Potter!”

On their blog, which they maintained throughout their fellowship, Vilma and Christina also offer Harry Potter resources for students, parents and teachers.

Vilma Martinez is the Library Media Specialist at Boone Elementary in Alief, TX. She is an instructor for both online and face-to-face professional development courses for her district and also presents at the state Technology Conference and Support Staff Association Conference. Christina Stark is the Library Media Specialist at Albright Middle School, also in Alief.  She, too, presents professional development in her district, teachers an online course as an adjunct professor at the University of North Texas, and has received two grants from the National Endowment for Humanities.        

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Margaret “Maggie” Stapleton

Basics

Full Name: Margaret Charlotte Michelle Stapleton

Nickname(s): Maggie, Mags

Age: 24 years old

Date of Birth: February 21st 1994

Place of Birth: Birmingham, England

Current Place of Residence: Birmingham, England and New York, New York City

Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual

Current Occupation: Vice-President of the Stapleton Foundation (2018 - present)

Former Occupation: Employee of the Stapleton Foundation (2013 - 2018)

Spoken Languages: English, Gaelic, French

Physical Traits

Faceclaim: Gabriella Wilde

Eye Color: Blue

Hair Color: Blonde

Height: 5′10″

Tattoos, birthmarks, scars, etc.: She has a tattoo of the number 7 in Roman numbers on her right wrist as her lucky number

Relatives and Relationships

Father’s Name: Charles Stapleton

Father’s FC: Pierce Brosnan

Mother’s Name: Mary Stapleton (née Westfield)

Mother’s FC: Michelle Pfeiffer

Sibling Details: James Stapleton (b. 1990) - FC is Max Irons, Vanessa Stapleton (b. 1997) - FC is Elle Fanning, Christina Stapleton (b. 2000) - FC is Willow Shields

Significant Others: Dependent on verse

Ex-Significant Others: William Redmond (b. 1991) - FC is Alex Pettyfer

Personality

Positive Traits: Protective, Logical, Gentle, Genuine

Negative Traits: Naive, Lonely, Closed-off

Zodiac: Pisces

Hogwarts House: Hufflepuff

Misc

Hobbies: Horseriding

Favourite book: The Harry Potter series

Favourite music artist: Ed Sheeran

Favourite subject: French

Pets: None

Smokes: No

Drinks: Sometimes

Drugs: No

Biography

Margaret was born as the second child of a 5th Baronet, Charles Stapleton. An aristocratic - kind off - background was given to her by birth and it made her youth an unusual one. With five children at home your life was not usual either. Her brother would have to carry on their family name, as Maggie knew that she would have to uphold the family’s reputation.

Once of age Maggie was send to an all girls boarding school, one of the best of the country. After boarding school she made the decision to go to the Birmingham City University, despite her parents wanting her to go to a smaller university. She rolled into a Public Relations bachelor and finished it by the age of 23. Ever since the age of 19 however she became a part of the Stapleton Foundation, a foundation focused on organising trips for sick children as being one of their last wishes. She chose her education knowing that she was going to step up inside this organisation.

Since this year she’s named the Vice-President of the Stapleton Foundation, using most of her time on meetings and Maggie is not that happy about that yet. She liked it much more to be on the developing side, organising the trips. She knows that her sister Vanessa would like her place so much more, but she is not of age yet where she has finished her degree. So Maggie knows it is only a few more years to hold on.

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[savetopnow]

2018-03-24 00 CELEBRITY now

CELEBRITY

E!

Justin Bieber Was the Worst SNL Guest, According to Bill Hader

"No Way!" Erika Jayne Cries After Getting Comforting Messages From Her Late Grandparents on Hollywood Medium

Southern Charm's Shocking Split Revealed: Did J.D. Cheat on Elizabeth?!

The Good Fight's Diane Lockhart and Elsbeth Tascioni Have a Heart-to-Heart That Will Make Your Day

George Clooney Writes Heartfelt Letter to Parkland Students: "Amal and I Are 100 Percent Behind You"

Hollywood Life

Jaelynn Willey: 5 Things To Know About MD Student, 16, Shot In School Who Tragically Died

Offset’s Alleged Baby Mama, Celina Powell, Gives Birth To Daughter: Is DNA Test In The Works?

Kylie Jenner Takes A Mom Break & Rocks Thigh-High Boots For Girls’ Night With Kendall & Kourtney

Will Smith Belts Out ‘Fresh Prince’ Theme Song 22 Years Later & Fans Freak Out – Watch

Cardi B Goes On Expletive Rant Against The Gov’t: What’re You Doing With My ‘F***ing Tax Money’

Media Take Out

Desiigner Caught Taking A PIZZ On Someone’s House!! (PICS)

Comedian Sinbad Appears To Be SNITCHING On Russell Simmons . . . Says ‘MORE WOMEN’ Are Gonna Come Out With RAPE Claims!!!

Shirley Strawberry From Teh STEVE HARVEY RADIO SHOW . . . Is Being Sued . . . For Being a ‘DEADBEAT’!!

People

FULL EPISODE | People Now Friday March 23, 2018

Drew Barrymore Says Her Daughters Won't Be Able to Get Anything Past Her: 'I've Seen It All'

Maryland School Shooting Victim, 16, Dies After Being Removed From Life Support

Pregnant Khloé Kardashian Claps Back at Woman Who Accused Her of Using 'Kardashian Perks' to Get Popeyes Delivered

Drew Barrymore Holds 'I Heart Jake Gyllenhaal' Sign After Calling Him Least Favorite Costar

Perez Hilton

Watch Roseanne Tell Jimmy Kimmel To 'Zip That Fucking Lip' On The Trump Hate!

Christina Aguilera Reveals The Former Flame Who Inspired Her Song Infatuation Is Actually Gay!

New Momma Kylie Jenner Steps Out With Her Girls Kourtney Kardashian, Kendall Jenner, & Jordyn Woods!

Pink Postpones Concert Due To 'Awful Virus' Infecting Her Whole Family!

New York Firefighter Tragically Dies After Battling Blaze On Ed Norton Film Set In Harlem

Popsugar

Whoa, Baby! Prince Harry Wants to Become a Dad "Pretty Soon" After Marrying Meghan Markle

Ryan Phillippe Is Too Sexy For His Shirt on the Beach, and Suddenly We Need 50 Cups of Water

Harry Styles Gives a Subtle Shout-Out to His Ex Taylor Swift, Causes Fans to Completely Lose It

There They Are! Blake and Ryan Make Their First Joint Red Carpet Appearance in Almost a Year

8 Times Meghan Markle Went Against Tradition and Broke Royal Protocol

Reddit Entertainment

15 people who hated the movies made about their lives

Quentin Tarantino's "Star Trek" Movie May Be Inspired by 1 Classic Episode

Is there life after ‘MMMBop’? Hanson — yes, that Hanson — turns 25.

Cynthia Nixon on "Who Do You Think You Are?"

YouTube is bringing movies involving Susan Sarandon and Eminem to theaters this year

TMZ

Johnny Manziel Says He Feels Hopeful About Return To Football After Pro Day

Zlatan Ibrahimovic Takes Out Full Page Newspaper Ad For L.A. Galaxy Fans, 'You're Welcome'

Kourtney, Kendall, Kylie and Lamar Odom All Under the Same Roof Again

Sacramento Kings Game Delayed By BLM Protest After Unarmed Man Killed By Police

Massive Blaze On Set of Bruce Willis, Ed Norton Movie Kills Firefighter

The Shade Room

Big Boi Inks Record Deal With L.A. Reid’s New Label

A Kendrick Lamar Biography Is Reportedly In The Works

Young Jeezy Announces His Retirement On Twitter

Tessa Thompson To Star In The ‘Men In Black’ Spinoff

Jay-Z’s Trayvon Martin Series To Premiere At The 2018 Tribeca Film Festival

Us Weekly

Joseph and and Pregnant Kendra Duggar Already Want More Kids

Karen McDougal: 5 Revelations From Interview About Alleged Trump Affair

Stanley Tucci Opens Up About Expecting Baby No. 2 With Felicity Blunt

See How Prince Harry’s Style Has Changed Since Meeting Meghan Markle

Ivanka Trump Proved a $2,000 Jumpsuit Can Be Appropriate Workwear

[beckypatterson1]

Top BEST 150 audio books (5-star audio book list) to read during covid19 home stay

After reading/listening to more than 1,000 books, here is my (growing!) list of 5-star favorites. 

I am very stingy with my ratings/stars.

If I really (really!) enjoy something, it gets 4-stars (or 4.5 stars).

  5-stars are reserved for books I love so much I think everyone should read them ;) 

I am not linking to Amazon (or other) to avoid making any money off this post--it is a public service. I get most of my books from the library (libby app or hoopla) but also buy from Chirp and audible. 

  If you need an "escape" right now from all the goings on, this post is your best friend.

Happy Reading! 

  NEED MORE RECOMMENDATIONS? 

I have hundreds and hundreds of 4-star books. Read my reviews/see my ratings on Goodreads. Currently, I average about a book every other day and I try not to read too many "popular" or "main stream" books (e.g. Reese book club) because I LOVE finding the overlooked gem and giving it love. I usually include summaries with my reviews to help you decide if you're in or out! 

  HAPPY HERBIVORE'S 5-STAR AUDIO BOOKLIST

  TOP FAVES EVERRRR

HARRY POTTER

The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon (also a movie)

Me Before You by JoJo Moyes (also a movie)

The Hate You Give (also a movie)

Comoran Strike Series by Robert Galbraith (a.k.a. JK Rowling) (also a TV series) 

Far From the Free by Robin Benway 

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green 

Kindred by Octavia Butler 

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover 

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera 

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Reid 

You Will Not Have My Hate

A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum 

anything by Diane Chamberlain 

Jane Doe by Victoria Helen Stone 

Historical Fiction 

Lady Hardcastle series by TE Kinsey 

Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline 

Erotic Stories for Punjabi Windows by Balli Jaswal 

Before We Were Yours by Lusa Wingate 

The House Girl by Tara Conklin 

The Help 

The Alice Network 

Pulp by Robin Talley 

Verity by Colleen Hoover 

The Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis-Graves 

The Alice Netword by Kate Quinn 

The Nightingale 

Psychological Thriller

An Anonymous Girl

These Hidden Things

White Lies by Lucy Dawson 

The Daughter by Lucy Dawson 

Jane Doe by Victoria Stone

The Other Woman by Sandie Jones 

Then she was Gone by Lisa Jewell

The Safest Lies by Megan Miranda 

Behind Closed Doors by BA Paris 

The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena 

Jane Doe by Victoria Stone Helen

The Waiting Room by Emily Bleeker 

The First Time She Drowned 

You & Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes (also on Netflix)

What She Knew by Gilly Macmillian 

The Handmaid’s Tale (also a show)

The Memory Watcher by Minka Kent

It’s Always the Husband by Michele Campbell 

One of Us is Lying (YA) by Karen McManus

Lies She Told by Cate Holahan 

Black Eye-d Susans 

I Let You Go by Clare McIntosh 

The Secret Child by Kerry Fisher 

The Lies We Told by Camilla Way

What She Left Behind by Ellen Marie Wiseman

The Waiting Room by Emily Bleeker 

All is Not Forgotten by Wendy Walker 

I Let You Go by Mackintosh, Clare 

The Silent Patient 

Police / Investigation

Mean Streak by Sandra Brown 

The Stranger by Harlan Coben 

All The Missing Girls by Megan Miranda 

All is Not Forgotten by Wendy Walker 

My Sister’s Grave by Robert Dugoni 

Love Story 

Who Do You Love by Jennifer Weiner 

Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover 

Hearburn by Nora Ephron 

Leave me by Gayle Forman 

The Hatin Game by Sally Thorne 

The Rosie Project by Simsion Graeme

To All the Boys I've Loved Before/Lara Jean Series (YA) by Jenny Han 

Who Asked You? By Terry McMilan

Meet Me at the Museum

Young Adult-contemporary

Four, Three, Two, One by Courtney Stevens

Janie Johnson series (5 books)

Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver (also a movie) 

Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon 

Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum 

If I Stay & Where She Went by Gayle Foreman  

When by Victoria Laurie 

Greyhound by Piper Stephen 

The Line Between (#1) and A Single Light by Tosca Lee

Pretties (series) by Scott Westerfield 

Wayward Children (series) 

  General Fiction

If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch

What Alice Forgot (the only Liane Moriarty I liked)

Little Mercies by Heather Gudenkauf 

Everything I never Told You by Celeste Ng 

Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult 

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo 

If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo

All The Bright Places by Jenifer Niven 

What She Left Behind BY Wiseman, Ellen Mari

  Sci-Fi (lightly not heavy) or Dystopian

The Dispatcher

BirdBox (also a movie)

Landline by Rainbow Rowell 

When She Woke 

The Unremarkable Heart (short stories) Karen Slaughter 

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld (great social commentary)

Flowers for Algernon 

The One by John Marrs

  Non-Fiction

Chain of Title by David Dayen 

A Mother’s Reckoning by Sue Klebold 

The Brain Defense by Kevin Davis 

Educated by Tara Westover

Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls 

Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human by Richard Wrangham 

The New Jim Crow 

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 

The Coddling of the American Mind 

The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World by Melinda Gates

Becoming by Michelle Obama 

Resilience: Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life

The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

  Non-White/POC Books That Opened My Eyes (LBGT too)

Americanah 

The Hate You Give 

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams 

I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness 

So You Want to Talk about Race 

Between the World and Me 

Born a Crime 

American Panda 

I am not Your Perfect American Daughter 

Love, Hate and Other Filters 

Mustard Seed

Bury What We Cannot Take by Kristin Chen 

My Sister, the Serial Killer 

13 Hours by Deon Meyer 

Internment by Samira Ahmed 

With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

So You Wanna Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo 

Ayesha at Last by Jalaluddin, Uzma 

The Convenience Store Girl

With the Fire on High by Acevedo, Elizabeth 

If I Was Your Girl by Russo, Meredith 

Pulp by Talley Robin

  Memoir or Biography

This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare 

A Beautiful, Terrible Thing by Jen Waite 

Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman

Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea 

Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist

Bossypants by Tina Fey

Unbearable Lightness by Portia de Rossi

Fish: A memoir of a Boy in a Man’s Prison 

This is Me: Chrissy Metz 

Forgotten: The Untold Story of D-Day Black Heroes 

A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson (also a movie) 

My Horizontal Life 

Rabbit: Autobiography of Ms. Pat

The Year of Living Danishly by Helen Russel

The Sociopath Next Door 

Becoming Nicole: The Transfromation of an American Family 

The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love

The Year of Living Danishly: My Twelve Months Unearthing the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country

from Recipes Blog https://happyherbivore.com/2020/03/150-top-best-audio-books-cornavirus-covid19/

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As many of you know by now the Wheel of Time is in the process of being turned into a series for Amazon Prime.  With the impending series, we have been getting casting news form the WoT On Prime twitter (https://twitter.com/WoTonPrime) So far we have castings for Moiraine, The Emond’s Five and Lan.

Rosamund Pike as Moiraine Damodred

Madeleine Madden as Egwene al’Vere

Josha Stradowski as Rand al’Thor

Zoë Robins as Nynaeve al’ Meara

Daniel Henney as Lan Mandragoran

Barney Harris as Mat Cauthon

Marcus Rutherford as Perrin Aybara

Below you will find pictures and information for each of the actors. You can check the Wheel of Time IMBD page – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7462410/.  The WoT on Prime Twitter page makes announcements every Wednesday with the hashtag #wotwednesdays.  Follow https://twitter.com/WoTonPrime to stay up to date with all the Wheel of Time Amazon Series news.

Rosamund Pike as Moiraine Damodred

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mspike/

IMBD: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0683253/ 

Mandatory Credit: Photo by AFF-USA/REX/Shutterstock (9943946k) Rosamund Pike ‘A Private War’ film premiere, Los Angeles, USA – 24 Oct 2018

Pike appeared in a number of UK television series, including Wives and Daughters (1999), before scoring an auspicious feature film debut as the glacial beauty “Miranda Frost” in the James Bond film, Die Another Day (2002); when the film was released, she was only 23. Though her debut was a big-budget action film, the film work that followed was primarily in smaller, independent films, including Promised Land (2004), The Libertine(2004), (for which she won the Best Supporting Actress award at The British Independent Film Awards), and Pride & Prejudice (2005), as one of the Bennet daughters. A brief foray into Hollywood film followed with the action flick, Doom (2005), and the thriller, Fracture(2007), but she returned to smaller films with exceptional performances in three films: An Education (2009), Made in Dagenham (2010), and the lead opposite Paul Giamatti in Barney’s Version (2010).

As she continued her stage work in England, Pike appeared in the spy spoof, Johnny English Reborn (2011), and inhabited the role of “Andromeda” in the sci-fi epic, Wrath of the Titans (2012). She returned to action films with the female lead opposite Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher (2012).

She returned to acting and landed the coveted title role in Gone Girl (2014). The film became a critical and box-office hit, with Pike earning the film’s sole Academy Award nomination as Best Actress. She also earned nominations as Best Actress from Screen Actor’s Guild, Golden Globes, and BAFTA.  (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0683253/bio)

Madeleine Madden as Egwene al’Vere

Twitter: https://twitter.com/tigermadden

Madden starred in Australia’s first indigenous teen drama, Ready for This, and in the critically applauded Redfern Now. She has also starred in The Moodys, Jack Irish, My Placeand The Code. In 2016 she starred in the miniseries Tomorrow, When the War Began which is based on the John Marsden series of young adult books. In 2018 she played Marion Quade in the miniseries Picnic at Hanging Rock,Crystal Swan in the TV miniseries Mystery Road and Immy DuPain in the series Pine Gap. She has been cast as Egwene al’Vere in Amazon’s upcoming adaptation of The Wheel of Time series.

Madden has starred in short films by Deborah Mailman, and Meryl Tankard and co-starred with Christina Ricci and Jack Thompson in Around the Block. Her first film acting job was at eight years old. She aims to become a director in the future.

Madden made her big Hollywood debut as Sammy in the 2019 film Dora and the Lost City of Gold. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_Madden)

Josha Stradowski as Rand al’Thor

Twitter:https://twitter.com/joshastradowsk1

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshastradowski/

Josha Stradowski started acting as a kid in musicals like The Sound of Music and Ciske de Rat and began playing roles in television as a teenager. He graduated from the AHK theatre school in Amsterdam and worked on multiple plays such as Oedipus directed by Robert Icke at Ivo van Hove’s theater company ITA in 2018. He recently completed filming on a new series. He also played the lead role in an indie feature film, Just Friends, for which he and the film received a number of awards on the international film festival circuit.

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Zoë Robins as Nynaeve al’ Meara

Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobinsZoe

Zoë Robins was born on February 19, 1993 in Wellington, New Zealand. She is an actress, known for Power Rangers Ninja Steel (2017), The New Tomorrow (2005) and The Shannara Chronicles (2016).

Daniel Henney as Lan Mandragoran

Twitter: https://twitter.com/danielhenney

He is an actor, known for X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), Big Hero 6(2014) and The Last Stand (2013). (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2024644/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm)

Barney Harris as Mat Cauthon

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BarneyHarriso

Barney Harris is an actor, known for Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (2016), Billionaire Boys Club (2018) and All Roads Lead to Rome (2015). (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6905444/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm)

Marcus Rutherford as Perrin Aybara

Twitter:https://twitter.com/Marcus_Rudda

Marcus Rutherford is an actor, known for Obey (2018), County Lines (2019) and Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators (2018). (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8519744/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm)

  Wheel of Time Amazon Series Casting as of Sept. 5th As many of you know by now the Wheel of Time is in the process of being turned into a series for Amazon Prime. 

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In The Presidential Debate, Biden and Buttigieg Fall Quick on Race: RaceAhead

http://tinyurl.com/y3yh736k Right here’s your week in overview, in haiku.   1. Who deserves a mattress? Cleaning soap, water, toothbrush? Which baby deserves to know love?   2. When I said ‘hasta la victoria,’ I meant it generically   3. Europe is hotter than an Apple analyst’s sentimental tears   4. Please don’t meddle in U.S. elections! Okay? Okay. See? It is high quality.   5. I have no idea who wants to listen to this, however you will not be the President.   Have a temperate and loving weekend. On Level [bs-title]Highlights from the second presidential debate[/bs-title][bs-content]Senator Kamala Harris could have had the road of the evening, however all of the candidates had some vital issues to say. Click on by for Natasha Bach’s glorious recap. However extra to the raceAhead level, each Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Vice President Joe Biden have been requested to account for his or her information on race. Although the problems have been from completely different eras – and Buttigieg was ready for the query — each, in my opinion fell brief. (Although, as my colleague Renae Reints factors out, everyone missed a whole lot of other topics, too.) The tales under will help you fill within the blanks.[/bs-content][bs-link link=”http://fortune.com/2019/06/28/democratic-debate-highlights-night-two/” source=”Fortune”] [bs-title]This is the background on Joe Biden’s historical past with college busing[/bs-title][bs-content]Kamala Harris introduced the show-stopper. “It was hurtful to listen to you speak in regards to the reputations of two U.S. senators who constructed their reputations and careers on the segregation of races on this nation,” she said. Her critique included his stand opposing college busing within the 1970s, which he unequivocally did. In 1975, Biden supported an anti-busing measure from famous civil rights opponent Sen. Jesse Helms, then doubled down the following yr with a bid to cease the Justice Division from utilizing busing as a desegregation measure. It was throughout this time that his collegial relationship with segregationist Senator James Eastland grew to become a difficulty. In later feedback, the vp stated that he supported integration, however not busing.[/bs-content][bs-link link=”https://time.com/5616709/joe-biden-busing-democratic-debate/” source=”Time”] [bs-title]This is the background on Pete Buttigieg’s historical past with gentrification and policing[/bs-title][bs-content]It was an unalloyed thrill to listen to the candidate casually point out his husband in the course of the debate, after which weighing in forcefully on the hypocrisy of people of faith condoning the separation of households on the border. And I will concede his preliminary “I did not get it carried out,” possession of the escalating racial tensions between residents of colour and the police in South Bend, Indiana was compelling. However it was not sufficient. The racial points at the moment are years within the making and embody a neighborhood revitalization scheme that was designed to revitalize the small metropolis however as an alternative has been broadly criticized as being burdensome to individuals of colour. Extra under.[/bs-content][bs-link link=”https://www.vox.com/2019/6/27/18759807/pete-buttigieg-town-hall-protesters-police-shooting-2020″ source=”Vox”] [bs-title]The London Zoo has constructed a Satisfaction celebration round their charming same-sex penguin couple[/bs-title][bs-content]Ronnie and Reggie are a beloved a part of the zoo’s colony of 93 Humboldt penguins, and have develop into the centerpiece of a “Satisfaction makeover” part to its repeatedly scheduled Zoo Evening on July 5. Along with all of the enjoyable stuff they often supply, the zoo will likely be instructing guests about gender, mating, and same-sex animal pairings. Zoo workers have additionally designed a particular banner for the Penguin Seashore neighborhood the place Ronnie and Reggie stay, which is paying homage to messaging utilized by the Stonewall activists. Get pleasure from.[/bs-content][bs-link link=”https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/27/europe/london-zoo-pride-gay-penguins-trnd/index.html” source=”CNN”] [bs-title]The eleventh transgender girl has been murdered this yr[/bs-title][bs-content]Brooklyn Lindsey was discovered useless on the entrance porch of a vacant residence in a Kansas Metropolis, Missouri neighborhood earlier this week. She was additionally homeless. Consultants imagine she is the eleventh transgender girl to be murdered this yr, all are black according the Human Rights Campaign. Individuals from the Justice Mission of Kansas Metropolis knew Lindsey and have been making an attempt to assist her discover steady housing. They advised NBC Information that she had been in worry for her life and estranged from her household. “The considered Brooklyn being a homosexual man was sufficient to present them an apoplexy, not to mention being a trans girl,” stated the chief director.[/bs-content][bs-link link=”https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/police-investigate-11th-murder-black-transgender-woman-year-n1023526″ source=”NBC”]     On Background [bs-title]Marianne Williamson wins the Google search race final evening; this is the biography you have been on the lookout for[/bs-title][bs-content]She’s a “religious legend” in accordance with Gwyneth Paltrow, she’s helped Steven Tyler handle his dependancy, she counts Cher and Andre Agassi amongst her many readers, and she or he’s been a voice of affection and purpose for thousands and thousands of others over time. Now, her foray into politics has pressured Williamson right into a place of explaining who she is and what she believes to individuals who could or will not be ready for her distinctive message. And but…why not? “I heard you say,” stated one older man at a poorly attended marketing campaign cease in Iowa final winter, “that it is an important thought to spend 5 minutes sending your love out of your coronary heart to everybody in America. I began doing it. I am simply amazed at how rather more I like simply…the individuals round me. This man. These individuals.”[/bs-content][bs-link link=”https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katherinemiller/marianne-williamson-president-campaign” source=”Buzzfeed”] [bs-title]Lest we overlook: Kamala Harris can also be a lady of Indian descent[/bs-title][bs-content]Although she usually is recognized as black and attended an HBCU, Harris doesn’t solely establish as black. However in a rustic that is not inquisitive about combined race individuals except they’re combined with white, her distinctive background is simple to miss or misunderstand. However Harris made quiet historical past final evening by being the primary girl of Indian descent to run for president and make it to the primary debate stage. (The primary Indian American to run for president was Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, who solely acquired so far as an undercard debate earlier than tapering off.) It isn’t as if Harris is not forthcoming: Her mom is the particular person she most quotes on the marketing campaign path and in her work, and she or he wrote extensively about her in her autobiography. Shyamala Gopalan Harris was a breast most cancers scientist and civil rights activist who emigrated to the US from India in 1960. Whereas her marriage to Donald Harris, a Stanford economics professor from Jamaica, lasted lower than a decade, the 2 created a family which took problems with justice severely… and two extremely achieved daughters.[/bs-content][bs-link link=”https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/02/10/kamala-harris-president-parents-shyamala-gopalan-donald-harris-berkeley/” source=”Mercury News”] [bs-title]Why are black ebook reviewers so arduous to search out on YouTube?[/bs-title][bs-content]The individuals who construct communities round books on YouTube are referred to as BookTubers, and whereas they could take a again seat to the players and wonder bloggers, they’re nonetheless a significant a part of the YouTube expertise. Until, as Jolie A. Doggett factors out, they occur to be black. The state of affairs grew to become clear throughout a YouTube produced particular that includes Michelle Obama discussing her autobiography, a fascinating present that excluded any black girls BookTubers. Which results in the larger query: Why cannot they get traction on the platform? Seems, all black creators are reallyhard to search out. “You must actually look. It isn’t going to be the primary you see, not first 5 or the primary ten, it may not even be on the primary friggin’ web page,” says Christina Marie, a Black BookTuber who’s been making movies since 2006. [/bs-content][bs-link link=”https://www.huffpost.com/entry/black-booktube-diversity-books-publishing-youtube_l_5d14f9e8e4b03d6116384e92/amp” source=”Huffington Post”] [bs-content]Tamara El-Waylly helps produce raceAhead and assisted within the preparation of right this moment’s summaries.[/bs-content] Quote [bs-quote link=”https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bidens-tough-talk-on-1970s-school-desegregation-plan-could-get-new-scrutiny-in-todays-democratic-party/2019/03/07/9115583e-3eb2-11e9-a0d3-1210e58a94cf_story.html?utm_term=.16057153baf0″ author =”–then Senator Joe Biden, 1975″]I don’t purchase the idea, widespread within the ’60s, which stated, ‘We’ve got suppressed the black man for 300 years and the white man is now far forward within the race for every thing our society affords. So as to even the rating, we should now give the black man a head begin, and even maintain the white man again, to even the race.’ I do not purchase that… I do not really feel answerable for the sins of my father and grandfather. I really feel answerable for what the state of affairs is right this moment, for the sins of my very own era. And I will be damned if I really feel accountable to pay for what occurred 300 years in the past.[/bs-quote] Source link

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Anna Friel Biography, Age, Weight, Height, Movies, Net Worth, Scandal, Boyfriend, Family, Body Measurement & Harry Potter

Anna Friel Biography, Age, Weight, Height, Movies, Net Worth, Scandal, Boyfriend, Family, Body Measurement & Harry Potter and much more. Anna Louise Friel was born 12 July 1976. She is an English actress. Born in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, she has been acting since the age of 13, appearing in a number of English television programmes. She played Beth Jordache in the Channel 4 soap Brookside and portrayed the first lesbian kiss in a British soap opera in January 1994. She made her West End theatre debut in London in 2001 and has subsequently appeared in several productions, including in an adaptation of Breakfast at Tiffany's and as Yelena in a 2012 production of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya.  

Anna Friel Biography, Age, Weight, Height, Movies, Net Worth, Scandal, Boyfriend, Family, Body Measurement & Harry Potter

  Anna Friel Biography:

Birth Name Anna Louise Friel Nick Name Anna Thewlis, Anna Louise Friel Age 41 years Profession Actress Birth Date 12 July 1976 Birth Place Rochdale, Lancashire, England UK Home Town Rochdale Birth Sign Cancer Nationality British Ethnicity White Religion Christian  

Anna Friel Body Measurement:

Body Build Slim Orientation Straight Measurements 32C-25-33 Shoe Size 39 Dress Size 4 Eye Color Hazel Hair Color Brown - Dark  

Anna Friel Education:

School Crompton House Church of England H.S. College Oldham Theatre Workshop, Oldham, England, Holy Cross College, Bury, England.  

Anna Friel Net Worth:

Net Worth: $10 million dollars.  

Anna Friel Movies:

Year Title Role Other notes 1998 The Stringer Helen The Land Girls Prue (Prudence) The Tribe Lizzie St. Ives Flora Gilchrist 1999 A Midsummer Night's Dream Hermia Rogue Trader Lisa Leeson Mad Cows Maddy 2000 Sunset Strip Tammy Franklin An Everlasting Piece Bronagh 2001 The War Bride Lily Me Without You Marina 2003 Last Rumba in Rochdale Bodney Voice actor Timeline Lady Claire 2005 Goal! Roz Harmison 2006 Irish Jam Maureen Niagara Motel Denise 2007 Goal! 2: Living the Dream... Roz Harmison Rubbish Isobel 2008 Bathory Countess Erzsébet Báthory 2009 Land of the Lost Holly Cantrell 2010 London Boulevard Briony Angel Makers Lizzie You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger Iris 2011 Limitless Melissa 2013 The Look of Love Jean Raymond Having You Anna 2014 Good People Sarah 2015 Urban & the Shed Crew Greta 2016 The Cleanse Maggie I.T. Rose Regan 2017 Tomato Red Bev Merridew  

Anna Friel TV Shows:

Year Title Role Other notes 1991 G.B.H. Susan Nelson Miniseries; 6 episodes 1992 Emmerdale Poppy Bruce TV series 1993 Medics Holly Jarrett Episode #3.3 1993–1995 Brookside Beth Jordache TV series 1995 The Imaginatively Titled Punt & Dennis Show Episode #2.1 1996 Tales from the Crypt Angelica Episode: "About Face" Cadfael Sioned Episode: "A Morbid Taste for Bones" 1998 Our Mutual Friend Bella Wilfer 4 episodes 2001 The Fear Storyteller Episode: "Horror: A True Tale" 2002 Fields of Gold Lucia Merritt TV film 2003 Watermelon Claire Ryan TV film 2004 The Jury Megan Delaney Main cast Perfect Strangers Susie Wilding TV film 2007–2009 Pushing Daisies Charlotte "Chuck" Charles Main cast; 22 episodes 2009 The Street Dee Purnell 2 episodes 2011 Neverland Elizabeth Bonny TV film Treasure Guards Victoria Eckhart TV film Come Fly with Me Herself Episode #1.5 Without You Ellie 3 episodes 2012 Public Enemies Paula Radnor 3 episodes 2013 The Vatican Kayla Duffy TV pilot 2015 American Odyssey Sgt. Odelle Ballard Lead role; 13 episodes The Heavy Water War Julie Smith 6 episodes (titled The Saboteurs in the UK) 2016–present Marcella Det Sgt Marcella Backland Lead role; 16 episodes 2017 Broken Christina Fitzsimmons 3 episodes The Girlfriend Experience Erica Myles 7 episodes 2018 Butterfly Vicky Miniseries  

Anna Friel Pictures:

  What happens when I decide to paint the shed and fence.... nice day spent in the garden. Also pruned all the roses and trimmed all the bushes. 💚 A post shared by Anna Friel💋 (@annafriel) on Jun 10, 2018 at 1:46pm PDT #tbt 4weeks ago. Taken by @sarahlee47 thanks for capturing a moment. #baftas @laurengriffinmua A post shared by Anna Friel💋 (@annafriel) on Jun 7, 2018 at 11:19am PDT Maggie may doing her bit for the wedding. 💋 A post shared by Anna Friel💋 (@annafriel) on May 21, 2018 at 12:17pm PDT Another from #baftatv awards. Thank you @laurengriffinmua and @nickirwinhair . Dress belonged to #ladylucan soon to be auctioned off to a green charity. 💚💚💚💚 And @corinthialondon one of my favourite places to stay A post shared by Anna Friel💋 (@annafriel) on May 15, 2018 at 11:57am PDT  

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