#and some are my husband's books

[elphabaoftheopera]

Tagged by @raven-curls​ and @vinkunwildflowerqueen​ thank you!

This inspired me to finally re-shelve the books strewn all about my place (and dust my bookshelf). So thank you for that.

From last place to first:

#10. Time Travel Short Stories foreword by David Wittenberg: “It may surprise readers to know that the sorts of spectacular time travel plots one typically encounters in contemporary science fiction, full of multiplied time lines, paradoxes, revisions of history and butterfly effects, are a late innovation of the genre.”

Pretty dry writing even for a foreword, and I was not surprised by the fact. Next!

#9. The Norton Shakespeare Anthology: (from the preface) “Since Shakespeare’s principal medium, the drama, was thoroughly collaborative, it seems appropriate that this edition of his works is itself the result of a sustained collaboration.”

There were like four collaborators for this anthology. I get what they’re going for here, but kind of boring. Bring on the Shakespeare!

#8. Star Wars I, Jedi by Michael A. Stackpole: “None of us liked waiting in ambush, primarily because we couldn’t be wholly certain we weren’t the ones being set up for a hot-vape.”

What is a hot-vape? When I googled it I just got “vape hot” which warned people that they were vaping too much if their vape was hot. Is it a Star Wars thing? Deducted points for confusion.

#7. Midnight Sun by Stephanie Meyer: “This was the time of day when I most wished I were able to sleep.” (I had to add the next few lines just to appreciate the brooding: “(cont.) High school Or was purgatory the right word?”)

I laughed when I pulled this one out. I borrowed it from my mother-in-law like over a year ago but couldn’t make it through the first chapter. I would give it higher points for the next two lines but judging just by the first line doesn’t make it a standout.

#6. The First Five Novels The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum: (from the intro) “In 1900, a moderately successful writer for children by the name of L. Frank Baum set out to write a new type of “wonder tale” in which (in his words) “the stereotyped genie, dwarf and fairy are eliminated, together with all the horrible and bloodcurdling incident devised by their authors to point a fearsome moral to each tale.”

L. Frank Baum is obviously a fave, it was cool to learn a more about him in this long ass sentence. I laughed at the irony of “moderately successful writer”. Still, it’s a foreword and forewords are bland.

#5. Play Directing In The School (A drama director’s survival guide) by David Grote: “Play directing can be an art, but like all real art, it is built on a solid foundation of craft.”

I haven’t read this book yet and I’m not a drama teacher but I do direct plays. It’s a sentiment I agree with. No more, no less. Still a foreword! I promise I do have novels too...

#4. 1912 Facts About Titanic by Lee W. Merideth: “On April 11, 1912, many of the more than 2,200 people aboard RMS Titanic watched the green hills of Ireland slowly disappear from view as the magnificent liner steamed west into a beautiful Atlantic sunset—and into history.”

Actually kind of pretty imagery for a non-fiction foreword. A topic that interests me. I feel like if this were an introductory paragraph/sentence in an essay the teacher would write “nice work!” off on the margin. 

#3. The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss: “It was night again.”

Simple. Concise. Informative. It was night again. I’m simply gripped! I have no idea what this book is about but this made me laugh out loud.

#2. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel: “Like many fathers, mine could occasionally be prevailed on for a spot of “airplane.”

Masterful, and I mean that unironically. Obviously Alison Bechdel is a fantastic writer, but this is a really great first sentence. It puts you right into the narrative and is creatively expositional. Makes me actually want to finally read the graphic novel in full. Obviously makes me think about the musical too which is a plus!

#1. Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook by Barbara Park: “My name is Junie. B. Jones. The B stands for Beatric. Except I don’t like Beatrice. I just like B and that’s all.”

I didn’t even need to crack the cover to know what the first sentence would be. Yes, I cheated a little to get the full bit but even so I’d rank it first. This intro is iconic and just delights me every time I read or recite it. This sentence was literally the first sentence of a chapter book I ever read on my own (though I was reading Sneaky Peeky Spying), and for that Junie B. Jones will always “B” #1 in my heart.

I'm tagging @the-shark-is-a-mammal​, @character-shoes-and-misery, @amidalleia, @cultishsocialgathering, @lavalierre, @starspangledpumpkin, @itsniaeveryone, and @misosuper and anyone else who wants to participate!

[pikatik]

I just like drawing them talking

(Long haired Aziraphale again :D)

[luppiart]

Trying to remember how to draw these old faces because i’m missing them too much

[thesmokinpossum]

If My Body Could Speak, Blythe Baird | The Godfather, Mario Puzo | My Father's House, Sylvia Fraser | To The Daughter Who Secretly Longs For Her Mother’s Affection, Lynne Shako | Storms from Jupiter, Wanda Deglane | DO NOT REPLY, @filmnoirsbian

[ineffable-romantics]

I have admired the work of the amazing @anotherwellkeptsecret for YEARS, following her originally from the height of my Sherlock obsession all the way until now where she has (to my delight!) crossed over into Good Omens as well.

She also just had a baby!!!! So partly as a congratulations, partly as a thank you for being such an artistic inspiration, and partly so I could practice my own digital art techniques and play with Procreate for the first time, I asked if she would allow me the privilege of coloring some of her favorite pages from her comics while she's on maternity leave. And she said yes!

But she asked me to pick my favorites instead. So I took her at her word and chose one favorite page from each of the ten comics I have saved and loved over the years.

Exactly two weeks later (and in no particular order) here is the final result!! I am so grateful to Kelley for letting me do this, and I have discovered so much about my own style and what I like (excessive lights, apparently lol). I hope you guys like them as much as I do, and please please please go support Kelley's tumblr and Patreon, she absolutely deserves the world. 💕

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One Night in Bangor (And The World's Your Oyster)

(more art below cut)

Oh What A Night

The Losing Side

(Sequel to Oh What A Night)

Points Of Interest

(Sequel to Oh What A Night and The Losing Side)

Who Wants To Live Forever

That Certain Night

A Romantic Affair

(Sequel to That Certain Night)

As Long As We Both Shall Live

(Sequel to That Certain Night and A Romantic Affair)

Change Of Pace

Temptation Accomplished

[nikki-rook]

from page to screen - Good Omens

[sassycheesecake]

Haikyū!! Boyfriends with a bookworm s/o who likes dark romance 💞

Gets updates from you occasionally, whether it’s out of fury, happiness, sadness, disgust, shock or horniness and listens intensely to every word you say, letting you vent to him without interrupting you with an impassive face

"AND THEN HE LIED TO HER THE WHOLE TIME ABOUT BEING A DEA AGENT UNDERCOVER!" You pace in your shared living room, wanting to scream out of anger so bad.

"How dare he. After everything they’ve been through." He says while watching you pace around with a neutral expression.

- Ushijima, Kageyama, Osamu, Tsukishima, Kenma, Kita

Waits for you to finish the book, so he can read it himself at night when you are sleeping (Without telling you of course, you can never know that he has a secret soft spot for romance books)

"Wait… he tattooed her while he was fucking her against the wall? Is that even possible?" He mumbles, as he continues to read the page.

You walk into the room, after noticing he was not in bed with you.

"Babe? What are you doing?" You say sleepily.

"NOTHING!" He yells out of fear at the sudden sound of your voice.

He throws the book across the room, waking you up more in the process and shock overcomes your features as you realize that the book you recently read is missing from its spot on the shelf.

"You were curious about that book weren’t you?" You grin at your lover and he just shoots you a deadly glare in return.

- Atsumu, Sakusa, Hoshiumi, Daichi, Kuroo, Tendō, Suna, Yaku, Iwaizumi

You ask him to read a page from your book and he reads it, not knowing that his s/o may be into this sort of stuff.

" 'He stuffed the broad tip of his…. Into her wet pulsating… yeah, you like that my little slut.' . What the fuck are you reading?!" His whole face gives away so many emotions. Disbelief, shock, disgust, incredulity.

You name it.

While you are laughing your ass off at his reactions, tears collecting in your eyes, wishing you would have recorded his reaction.

- Miya twins, Suna, Hakuba, Meian, Romero, F. Hirugami, Ennoshita, Yamaguchi, Kuroo, Yaku, Oikawa, Iwaizumi, Matsukawa, Hanamaki, Futakuchi

You can’t tell him. Period. If he found out you read dark romance, you will ruin his sweet innocent mind. You’re taking it with you to the grave and only read the books online.

- Hinata, Bokuto, S. Hirugami, Sugawara, Asahi, Lev, Akaashi, Komori, Aran

[mimicmerchant]

I want what they have (a loving friendship and unrivaled rhyming abilities)

[fairmerthefarmer]

Retired Star and his daughter who live at the last island on the eastern ocean.

Also here’s Ramandu with and without his cloak that I decided he has.

I will draw every single character from this book

[fearandhatred]

the first chapter of the script book has officially been defaced

also was the just a minute part in the actual show i don't remember. i love just a minute my dad used to download all the episodes to play in the car

[dogearedfriends]

book husbands!!!!!!

description, transcription (and translation for the last two pictures) in alt!!

first swedish text is a direct quote from my old french teacher (how) that i split in two, the second is from a document in my phone where i write down thoughts i have👍

[luppiart]

I haven't drawn in ages but Season 2 waiting era is making me go insane again

[spock-adoodledoo]

i think one of the things i'll always appreciate abt maomao is that even though she's the protag, it's not really that the world revolves around her or that things always happen to her, it's more that she gets involved in things (usually at the request of other ppl but whatever) that usually don't affect her immediately. idk but it's nice that she's kind of our dispassionate window into palace life instead of the person everything happens to

[paperglader]

imgonnagetyouback is the most franchaela post michaela's return from india song to ever be sung. no i will not elaborate.

[just-an-enby-lemon]

The one thing I consider very important is that, since I see RQG!Wilde less as Wilde himself and more as an Wildean characther, no matter how ppl describe it in my head RQG Wilde doesn't sit he only flings himself into the furniture like all those dramatic bitches in Dorian Gray.

Wich also adds points over him flinging himself in the tunnels floor when the party was under Poet's Corner after having an existencial crisis wich has to have concerned Azu a bit (Zolf at this point is used to the fact Wilde is unable to sit normally)

[simgerale]

me after attempting to get back into sims and realizing i had a lot more to do than play the game