#anne-sophie pie

[brf-rumortrackinganon]

What are your favorite looks from royal weddings, christenings, jubilees, coronations/enthronements, funerals?

For weddings, see this post:

For christenings - I've always generally liked what the moms wear but there just aren't a whole lot of good pictures because they're the ones holding the baby! What I love the most to see at the royal christenings is always how happy, proud, and glowing most of the moms are. I always got an odd vibe from Meghan in Archie's christening pictures - she isn't glowing and happy in those photos as the moms in other christening photos are. In fact, to me, Meghan seemed happier, more glowy, and prouder in the pictures from the Windsor hall when they presented Archie to CBS cameras.

But these two are my favorite looks from royal christenings.

I also really liked Madeleine's look from her first child's christening but couldn't find a good picture of her outfit so I didn't include it. I loved that she wore a floral headpiece and with a floral dress, made her whole look very summery.

For jubilees - I'm just going to do the BRF's 2022 Platinum Jubilee because I don't want go to down a rabbit hole right now.

Here are the ladies:

Kate in Wales (one of my all-time favorite Kate coats)

Beatrice at the Royal Windsor Horse Show Charity Night (one of my all-time favorite Yorkie looks - this is such a slay)

Zara at the Epsom Races (in Mike's hat)

Kate at the Platinum Jubilee Service of Thanksgiving

Sophie Winkleman and Lady Gabriella at the service of thanksgiving.

A couple of notes about the service of thanksgiving - Beatrice and Sophie W. actually wore the same dress in different colors; Beatrice in blue, Sophie in pink. I prefer Sophie's dress and her hat style. Beatrice's dress just looked off, like the fit was just slightly too big.

I didn't mind Eugenie's dress at the service of thanksgiving but the tangerine color with a black hat was all wrong. A more muted orange, like Gabriella's peach, or a darker-hued orange on scale with Sophie’s pink/fuchsia would've worked much better.

And now for the gents:

Mike after the service of Thanksgiving in Zara's hat. Just fab. No words.

August at the jubilee pageant. Who doesn't love a little boy in a heritage sweater? Such a cutie-pie.

For coronations/enthronements

From Charles and Camilla's coronation in 2023:

Queen Matilda, Coronation

Beatrice, Coronation

Penny Mordaunt, Coronation

Empress Crown Princess of Japan, Coronation

Queen Letizia, Pre-Coronation Reception

Queen Jetsun, Pre-Coronation Reception

Lady Louise, Coronation (an all-time favorite look)

Everyone in the procession at the coronation, (except for the Camillas)

Kate, Coronation Garden Party

Kate, Coronation Concert

Princess Anne, Coronation

Major Johnny, Coronation

Yeomen, Garden Party. These guys are just cool.

The only other coronation/enthronement whose fashion I enjoyed was King Willem-Alexander's inauguration. These looks are my favorite:

Maxima, Inauguration

Frederick and Mary, Inauguration

Felipe and Letizia, Inauguration (they became King and Queen a year later)

Mary, Reception (not sure if this was before or after the inauguration. I think it was after or later that day since Willem-Alexander and Maxima’s daughters were wearing the same dresses from the inauguration ceremony). Mary is 💃 personified in that dress.

I also adore the dresses that Leonor and Sofia wore for King Felipe's coronation. I wish we could have seen Charlotte in dresses like these when she was younger, instead of the traditional British smocked dresses.

For funerals - I don’t know about this one. I’m a little uncomfortable focusing on the fashion at such somber occasions. I get why some people do but it’s not for me so respectfully, I’m not sharing about these. People do the best they can during times of grief and we shouldn’t fault them for choices made under duress.

That said, I think Kate looked better at Philip’s funeral and The Queen’s lying-in-state than she did at The Queen’s funeral. Her outfit choice for The Queen’s funeral felt very much like a changeover to The Princess of Wales, where she looked (and probably felt) more like herself at Philip’s funeral and the lying-in-state service.

This concludes the traditional Royal-watching week of commentary. In two weeks, I’ll spend a few days posting about the Sussexes, and opening Pandora’s Box, so if you have opinions/royal-watching questions or just want to light matches with me about the Sussexes, get them in before May 18th to be included.

Back to regular programming.

[pinkandbluebracket]

Introducing... The Pink and Blue Bracket!

Round One will be broken up into four parts for organization purposes. The following rounds will be split between Side A and Side B (with the exception of the finals/semifinals which will be released all at once)

As of April 29th the bracket has concluded.

The full list of competitors (and sources) can be found below the cut:

🌸Side A

-Amy and Sonic (Sonic) -Megurine Luka and Hatsune Miku (Vocaloid) -Kirby and Meta Knight (Kirby) -Princess Peach and Rosalina (Mario) -Mabel and Dipper Pines (Gravity Falls) -Susie and Lancer (Deltarune) -Jessie and James (Pokémon) -Howl Pendragon and Sophie Hatter (Howl's Moving Castle) -Hilda Valentine Goneril and Marianne Von Edmund (Fire Emblem Three Houses) -Madoka Kaname and Sayaka Miki (Puella Magi Madoka Magica) -Cure Black and Cure White (Futari Wa Precure) -Mew Ichigo and Blue Knight (Tokyo Mew Mew) -Perfuma and Mermista (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power) -Nazuna Hiwatashi and Michiru Kagemori (Brand New Animal) -Charlotte and Tiana (The Princess and the Frog) -Rapunzel and Cassandra (Tangled Series) -Sakura Haruno and Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto) -Saiki Kusuo and Kaidou Shun (The Disastrous Life of Saiki K) -Amitie and Sig (Puyo Puyo Fever) -Hinata and Yuta Aoi (Ensemble Stars) -Momoi Airi and Hinomori Shizuku (Project SEKAI) -Ram and Rem (Re:Zero) -Trans Flag (Pride Flags/Real Life) -Sylveon (Pokémon) -Unikitty and Puppycorn (Unikitty!) -Yin and Yang (Yin Yang Yo) -Murray and Sly Cooper (Sly Cooper) -Piglet and Eeyore (Winnie the Pooh) -Blossom and Bubbles (The Powerpuff Girls) -Webby Vanderquack and Dewey Duck (Ducktales 2017) -Magenta and Blue (Blue's Clues) -Angel and Stitch (Lilo and Stitch)

💙Side B -Roxy Lalonde and Jane Crocker (Homestuck) -Max Caulfield and Chloe Price (Life is Strange) -Vi and Jinx (Arcane) -Allura and Lance (Voltron) -Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash (My Little Pony) -Princess Bubblegum and Finn the Human (Adventure Time) -Chrissy and Francine (Animal Crossing) -Satsuki Momoi and Daiki Aomine (Kuroko no Basket) -Asmodeus Alice and Iruma Suzuki (Welcome to Demon School Iruma-kun!) -Cure Blossom and Cure Marine (Heartcatch Precure) -Yae Miko and Kamisato Ayato (Genshin Impact) -Yuki Rurikawa and Muku Sakisaka (A3!) -Rozaliya and Liliya Olenyeva (Honkai Impact 3rd) -Natsu Dragneel and Gray Fullbuster (Fairy Tail) -Martha Dunnstock and Veronica Sawyer (Heathers) -Sasha Waybright and Anne Boonchuy (Amphibia) -Lewis Pepper and Vivi Yukino(Mystery Skulls) -Queen of Hatred and Knight of Despair (Lobotomy Corporation) -Heartful Punch and Undine Wells (Sleepless Domain) -Pretzel and Gillion Tidestrider (Just Roll With It) -Pink and Blue Diamond (Steven Universe) -Stephanie and Sportacus (LazyTown) -Yona and Hak (Yona of the Dawn) -Ami Onuki and Yumi Yoshimura (Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi) -Anais and Gumball Watterson (The Amazing World of Gumball) -Annalise and Erika (Barbie: Princess and the Pauper) -Flora and Bloom (Winx Club) -Lala and Kiki (Sanrio) -Five Pebbles and Looks to the Moon (Rain World) -Bot and Goo (Inanimate Insanity) -Pink and Dark Blue (Animator vs Animation) -Pink and Blue Crewmate (Among Us)

[weshallc]

12th January 1946

Dear Sophie,

Of course I’d adore to see you. I wish I could sneak up to your farm and be coddled. You would let me put my feet up on the sofa, wouldn’t you? Then you’d tuck me up in blankets and bring me tea.

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society. Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows. 2008

[fictionadventurer]

Hello! I was just wondering what your favorite books are. I noticed that you seem to post about books I really like but no one around me has ever read (like The Blue Castle), so I was just curious if we had other book favorites in common!

Sincerely,

Sirius:)

I don't know if I can narrow it down to a top 20 or anything, but I can provide a list of a few of my favorite authors and the books of their I most love. My taste isn't terribly obscure--most of the more obscure books were recommended to me by people here on tumblr--so it's likely we share several favorites.

Jane Austen: Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice, Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park, The Watsons, Emma, Lady Susan, Sense and Sensibility (Bonus: Sanditon, completed by Marie Dobbs)

Wendell Berry: Bringing It to the Table: Writings on Farming and Food

G.K. Chesterton: Orthodoxy, Manalive, The Napoleon of Notting Hill, Tremendous Trifles, The Innocence of Father Brown, The Wisdom of Father Brown

Nina Clare: Beau Brown

Suzanne Collins: The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay

Wilkie Collins: The Woman in White

Allie Condie: Matched

Kenley Davidson: Goldheart, The Countess and the Frog

Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol, Great Expectations

Heather Dixon: Entwined

Regina Doman: The Shadow of the Bear, Black as Night, Waking Rose, The Midnight Dancers, Alex O'Donnell and the 40 Cyberthieves, Rapunzel Let Down

Tim Downs: Shoofly Pie, Less Than Dead

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Amanda Dykes: Yours is the Night

Elizabeth Gaskell: Wives and Daughters, North and South, Cranford, My Lady Ludlow

Jean Craighead George: The Tarantula in My Purse

Rumer Godden: The Kitchen Madonna

Elizabeth Goudge: Pilgrim's Inn/The Herb of Grace

Ben Hatke: Zita the Spacegirl

Georgette Heyer: A Civil Contract, The Grand Sophy, The Talisman Ring

Caryll Houselander: The Reed of God

Gail Carson Levine: Ella Enchanted

C.S. Lewis: The Chronicles of Narnia, but especially The Silver Chair and The Magician's Nephew; A Grief Observed, Surprised by Joy, The Problem of Pain

Therese of Lisieux: Story of a Soul

George Macdonald: The Light Princess

Emily B. Martin: Woodwalker

Robert K. Massie: Nicholas and Alexandra

C.J. Milbrandt: Meadowsweet, Harrow and Rakefang

L.M. Montgomery: The Anne of Green Gables series, especially Anne of Green Gables, Anne of the Island, Anne of Windy Poplars, Anne's House of Dreams, and Rilla of Ingleside; The Blue Castle; Jane of Lantern Hill

Pope Pius VI: "Humanae Vitae"

Mollie E. Reeder: The Electrical Menagerie

Kate Stradling: Brine and Bone

Dorothy L. Sayers: The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, but especially The Nine Tailors, Gaudy Night, and Murder Must Advertise; The Man Born to Be King, The Mind of the Maker, Creed or Chaos?

Noel Streatfeild: Skating Shoes, Traveling Shoes, Ballet Shoes

Emily Stimpson: These Beautiful Bones, The Catholic Table

Matthew Stover: Novelization of The Revenge of the Sith

Josephine Tey: The Daughter of Time

Meriol Trevor: The Crystal Snowstorm, Following the Phoenix, Angel and Dragon

J.R.R. Tolkien: The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, Letters from Father Christmas

John R. Tunis: The Kid from Tomkinsville, The Kid Comes Back

Megan Whalen Turner: The King of Attolia, A Conspiracy of Kings

Jules Verne: Around the World in 80 Days

Maisie Ward: Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Little House on the Prairie series

P.G. Wodehouse: The Psmith series: Mike and Psmith, Psmith in the City, Psmith Journalist and Leave It to Psmith

[frozenpolishfangirl]

My Multifandom Autistic Headcanons

- Anna ("Frozen")

- Bruno Madrigal ("Encanto")

- Anne Shirley ("Anne With An E")

- Sophie Foster ("Keeper Of The Lost Cities")

- Pinkie Pie ("My Little Pony. Friendship is Magic")

- Izzy Moonbow ("My Little Pony. A New Generator")

- Ariel ("The Little Mermaid")

- Papyrus ("Undertale")

[softbobamilktae]

The Strings of My Heart [12] - Spilling Secrets

← Chapter 11 | Chapter 13 →

Pairing: Zoro x Jupiter

Genre: fluff, angst, f2l

Word Count: 2.1k

Warnings: mentions of alcohol and adoption

Summary: Zoro’s moved to sunny California for college to escape from the life of fame for a little while. But when he loses his violin case in the second week of school, he’s sure his college experience has just gone up in flames. What will he do when, despite all odds, his case is returned to him?

—————

Luna led Jupiter upstairs and down the hall to a bedroom. She opened the door, upsetting the vines hanging from the ceiling. Jupiter raised an eyebrow. This reminded her of how her brothers had turned the basement into a fort. Luna pushed back the vines to reveal a bedroom with two bunkbeds pushed up against the wall.

“Hi, Jupiter!” Ara greeted them. “Hi, Luna!”

“What are you guys up to?” Luna asked.

“Playing Apples to Apples,” Oliver replied.

“Aren’t you all a bit too young for that?”

“No. This version is for kids.”

Jupiter looked around the room. It was dark. The windows had been covered with some sort of blackout sheets, and two wooden boards were ‘hammered’ over the window, although it seemed more likely that they had been screwed on. There were rope ladders that clung to the sides of the bunk beds, and lamps that resembled lanterns were set around the room.

“Are you guys all staying here?” Jupiter asked.

“Ara, Ollie, Leo, and I are,” Jinsu replied.

Jupiter assumed that Leo was the half-Japanese boy seated next to Oliver. Jupiter had met Oliver earlier when he’d started climbing Zoro the second their grandpa had opened the door.

“Is Ann in here with you guys?”

Jupiter turned around. Zoro’s oldest aunt, Sophie, was standing behind them.

“Yep, she’s with Leo,” Luna replied.

“Oh, good. Can I cut in here a second? Kyler wants to go.” Sophie stepped between the girls, picking her two-year-old up off the ground.

“Are you picking me up in the morning?” Leo asked.

“I think Aunt Leah is bringing you home. She’s coming to get Ollie tomorrow afternoon, so she offered to bring you home.”

“Ok! See you tomorrow!” Leo stood up to give his mother a hug.

“Be good for Grammy and Grandpa.”

“Yes, ma’am!”

Jupiter smiled. She was glad she’d come.

◇◆◇◆◇

Zoro’s grandma had been quite insistent on giving the two of them separate rooms. She’d even made sure to put Zoro in the downstairs bedroom so that they wouldn’t be anywhere near each other, informing them that she didn’t need anymore great grandkids. Zoro had taken it in stride. It was clear he was used to this. Jupiter had turned red at the notion that they would’ve done anything like that at all.

Jupiter had walked downstairs at midnight to find Zoro’s grandma asleep on the couch and Jinsu and Ara in the kitchen eating cereal.

“What are you two doing up?”

“It’s dinnertime at home,” Ara replied.

Jupiter laughed. “Oh, that’s right. What kind of cereal is that?”

“Froot Loops. They aren’t very good back home, so we only eat them when we’re here.”

“What?” Jupiter laughed.

“They taste like cardboard,” Jinsu shrugged. “And Grammy won’t let us have pie during the night.”

“Well, I can see why. You two are already wide awake. Are Ollie and Leo asleep?”

“Yeah. They fell asleep two hours ago,” Ara replied. She grinned suddenly. “Zoro said you were his girlfriend earlier! Are you guys dating now?”

“Yes,” Jupiter replied, quickly pouring herself a glass of water to hide behind.

“Ooo! Hyeon was so excited! She said she’s gonna start planning your wedding!”

It took everything within Jupiter to not spit out the water she’d just drunk.

“Oh. She did?” Jupiter croaked.

“Yeah! I told her I’ll help her. I’ve never planned a wedding before.”

“Neither have I,” Jupiter admitted.

Ara grinned. “I think we should try to sleep now. Mama won’t be happy if she finds out we stayed up so late.”

Jinsu giggled as he carried his bowl to the counter. “See you in the morning, Jupiter!”

◇◆◇◆◇

“What’s got you smiling like that?”

Hyeon was quick to lock her phone and shove it underneath her. “Nothing.”

Luna raised an eyebrow. “Spill. Did you get a boyfriend?”

“No.”

Luna grinned. “You did!”

“No! I don’t have a boyfriend!” Hyeon glared at her. “What happened between you and Kohen anyways?”

“You and your brother have the same distraction tactics.”

“Huh?”

“Answering my questions about your relationship with questions about mine.”

When Hyeon answered that statement with a glare, Luna smiled.

“He didn’t want kids.”

“What? Really?”

“Yeah. I walked out on him when he told me that.”

“Why?”

“Because. I’ve wanted kids since I was little tiny. I can’t be with a guy who doesn’t share that dream with me. I thought he wanted kids when he said he wanted to meet Noah, but I guess I was wrong.”

“I’m sorry. That stinks.”

“Yep.”

The two of them lay there for a couple minutes before Luna climbed out of bed. Once she’d left the room, Hyeon pulled her phone back out. She sent a quick text to Jiwoo.

“Sorry. My cousin was asking who I was talking to.”

“It’s fine. Donam and I are at the at the skate park.”

Hyeon received a photo of the two of them smirking at the camera. She repressed a squeal by slapping her hand over her mouth. This was a really good picture of him.

“Haha. Will you be going to the beach without me too?”

“Yes of course. My uncle offered to take us out on his boat.”

“Not without me!!!”

“You’ll have to get back soon, then.”

“Three more weeks!”

“That’s too long. Come back sooner.”

“You know I can’t!”

“Too bad. We’ll be going boating without you then.”

Hyeon was about to respond when she heard the faint sound of someone puking. She sat up, abandoning her phone on the bed to go investigate. She found herself knocking on Luna’s bathroom door.

“Luna? Are you all right? Should I go get someone?”

Hyeon heard the faucet start running before the door swung open a few moments later. Luna grabbed Hyeon’s wrist and dragged her into the bathroom before shutting the door behind her.

“Are you ok?”

“I’m fine. Just…morning sickness.”

It took Hyeon a few moments to process the meaning of that sentence.

“You’re pregnant?” she whispered.

Luna nodded. “But you can’t tell anyone!”

“Does no one know?”

Luna shook her head.

“Not even Kohen?”

“I can’t tell him. He doesn’t want kids. He won’t care.”

“You don’t know that. You don’t know whyhe doesn’t want kids. Maybe he’d want a kid if it was handed to him. He wanted to meet Noah, right?”

Luna shook her head. “I can’t risk it.”

“Why not? Worst case scenario he says he doesn’t want the kid.”

“I can’t get my hopes up.”

Hyeon sighed. “Fine. You’re keeping the baby, then?”

Luna nodded. “I want a baby. Not like this, but I’ve been handed the opportunity to raise a kid myself this time. I’m not giving that up just because it was in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

“When will you tell everyone?”

“When I have to. I won’t start showing for three more months.”

“Oh…wow.” Hyeon blew out a breath. “Are you ok?”

“Yeah. I just wish I could take this back. Not have slept with him six weeks ago. I think I got pregnant two days before we broke up,” Luna sighed.

“Will your parents not figure out what’s up?”

Luna shrugged. “Probably not. It’s been six years since I was pregnant with Noah. I doubt they’ll recognize my symptoms. It’s not like they’ll see much of me either. I’ll be working.”

Hyeon nodded. She didn’t really know what to say. “Should we…go back to bed?”

“Yeah. Hopefully I can sleep through the night.”

◇◆◇◆◇

The next few weeks weren’t as crowded as the first night. For the most part, only the kids were at Zoro’s grandparents’ house constantly. Jupiter found herself at Luna’s house for a party one night. All of Zoro’s older cousins were there, along with a few of Luna’s friends.

“I’m fairly certain at least one of those drinks is alcoholic,” Hyeon commented as she leaned against the couch with Jupiter.

“Do you know which?”

“No. I saw someone bring a bottle of vodka in, and I think it was dumped into some punch.”

“Vodka? Jeez. I hope no one is driving themselves home.”

As if on cue, Zoro walked into the living room with a pinched expression on his face.

“Don’t drink the purple punch. It’s got something in it.”

Hyeon threw him a thumbs up before wandering off to find Luna. If anyone needed to be warned about the alcohol, it was her.

“Do her parents allow her to have these parties?” Jupiter asked.

“Oh, most definitely not. At least not like this. Honestly, I’m not even sure Luna is totally fine with this. I should probably take Jiho and Judah home. If I’d realized who she was inviting I would’ve told Mama and Aunt Jade not to let them come.”

“Will Hyeon be ok by herself?”

“I’m sure. Stay here. I’m gonna go find the boys and tell Hyeon we’re leaving.” He bent down to give her a kiss that was halfway on her cheek before wandering off.

Jupiter stood there, slightly confused. Had he done that purposely? Or was the small bit of alcohol he’d had getting to him? She made a mental note to insist on driving just in case because technically, he wasn’t supposed to be drinking alcohol at all.

◇◆◇◆◇

“Luna, I’m pretty sure one of the drinks has vodka in it. Zoro said one of them tasted off and I saw someone bring a bottle in.”

“You’re kidding. I told them no alcohol!” Luna groaned.

“Who are most of these people, anyways? I recognize Ocean and Penny, but that’s about it.”

“Penny wanted to have a party with a few of the kids from school. I didn’t think it would turn into this kind of party. I should probably start sending people home.”

“Yeah. I’d recommend not drinking any of the drinks just in case.”

Zoro appeared just about as soon as Luna walked away.

“Jupiter and I are taking the boys back. Call me if you need anything, ok?”

“You got it. Luna said she’s going to be trying to get everyone to leave, so hopefully the house will be empty soon.”

“All right.” Zoro patted her shoulder. “Stay safe. I’ll see you at dinner tomorrow.”

“Don’t worry. I’ll call Jiwoo if I can’t get ahold of you.”

“Of course you will,” Zoro shook his head.

◇◆◇◆◇

Somehow, Jupiter managed to land herself alone with Zoro’s grandma. She’d been trying her hardest not to be alone with anyone besides Zoro, but she’d failed. Zoro had decided that he suddenly needed to go golfing with his grandpa, and no one else had been home. So here Jupiter was, seated at the island, eating cookies. She got the feeling that Zoro’s grandma baked a lot.

“So, what’s your story? I know Zoro’s not going to give me all the details, so I want to hear it from you.”

“You mean…how we started dating?”

“All of it. How you met and how you started dating.”

“Oh,” Jupiter blushed and glanced down at her glass of milk. “Well, it’s not all that cute. I walked in on him playing his violin during the second week of school and he ran away. He left his violin case in the room, so I had to return it to him.” Jupiter laughed. “We became friends after that, somehow. He took me home with him for Christmas, and Hyeon basically told me she could tell he liked me.”

Zoro’s grandma laughed. “That sounds like something she’d do. How’d you two start dating, then?”

“We went to see my family in March. The two of us took my siblings to the Statue of Liberty.”

“That’s brave of you.”

Jupiter laughed. “You don’t even know. We took seven of them.”

The older woman’s eyes widened. “Oh, ok!”

“And when we got back to the car…” Jupiter flushed. “Zoro kissed me. I think that said it all for me.”

“Aw, how adorable. I’ve been wondering when he’d find a girl. The last girl he even talked about was one of his classmates when he was ten. She broke up with him within a week because he was too quiet.” She rolled her eyes. “This is why I tell people not to date until college. It’s just not worth it.”

Jupiter laughed. “Zoro’s my first boyfriend. I never had time to date before.”

“Ah! Well, you chose a good one. And if he ever doesn’t treat you well, call me. I’ll talk to him for you.”

Jupiter grinned. Maybe this afternoon wouldn’t be so bad.

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Chapter 13 →

This is part of the Dad!BTS series that can be found here

Series M.list

A/N: not sure what the party scene was for? Guess we’ll find out later

It would be greatly appreciated if you reblogged the story if you liked it!

Taglist: @jiminie-and-his-pinky-finger @jinnie-forthe-winnie @oh-its-jennyyy

[likeclarabow]

Books Read in 2021 

Where Dreams Descend - Janella Angeles (Dec 30-Jan 1)

The Raven Boys - Maggie Stiefvater (Jan 1-Jan 2)

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder - Holly Jackson (Jan 2-Jan 3)

The Fountains of Silence - Ruta Sepetys (Jan 3-Jan 5)

These Violent Delights - Chloe Gong (Jan 5-Jan 7)

The Library of Legends - Janie Chang (Jan 7-Jan 9)

The Great Alone - Kristin Hannah (Jan 9-Jan 10)

Six of Crows (reread) - Leigh Bardugo (Jan 10-Jan 12)

Crooked Kingdom (reread) - Leigh Bardugo (Jan 12-Jan 15)

Saints and Misfits - S.K. Ali (Jan 15-Jan 16)

The Worst Best Man - Mia Sosa (Jan 16-Jan 18)

Loveboat, Taipei - Abigail Hing Wen (Jan 18-Jan 20)

Red, White & Royal Blue -  Casey McQuiston (Jan 20-Jan 21)

Cemetery Boys - Aiden Thomas (Jan 22-Jan 23)

If We Were Villains - M.L. Rio (Jan 24-Jan 25)

Darius the Great Deserves Better - Adib Khorram (Jan 26-Jan 27)

The Empress of Salt and Fortune - Nghi Vo (Jan 28)

The Pull of the Stars - Emma Donoghue (Jan 29-Jan 30)

When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain - Nghi Vo (Jan 30)

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (Jan 31-Feb 1)

This Is How You Lose the Time War - Amar El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone (Feb 1-Feb 3)

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (reread) - Jenny Han (Feb 3-Feb 5)

Clap When You Land - Elizabeth Acevedo (Feb 5-Feb 6)

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe -  Benjamin Alire Sáenz (Feb 7)

You Should See Me In A Crown - Leah Johnson (Feb 8-Feb 10)

PS I Still Love You (reread)- Jenny Han (Feb 11-Feb 13)

The Princess Saves Herself In This One - Amanda Lovelace (Feb 13)

The Magician’s Nephew - C.S. Lewis (Feb 13)

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis (Feb 14)

The Horse and His Boy - C.S. Lewis (Feb 14-Feb 15)

Red White and Royal Blue (reread) - Casey McQuiston (Feb 14-Feb 15) 

Out of the Easy - Ruta Sepetys (Feb 17-Feb 18)

Always and Forever, Lara Jean - Jenny Han (Feb 19-Feb 20)

Girls of Paper and Fire - Natasha Ngan (Feb 20-Feb 23)

A RomaJuliette Christmas Special - Chloe Gong (Feb 24)

Moxie - Jennifer Mathieu (Feb 24-Feb 25)

Prince Caspian - C.S. Lewis (Feb 28-Mar 1)

Autoboyography - Christina Lauren (Mar 2-Mar 3)

Maybe in Another Life - Taylor Jenkins Reid (Mar 4-Mar 6)

They Both Die at the End - Adam Silvera (Mar 7-Mar 8)

A Song of Wraiths and Ruin - Roseanne A Brown (Mar 10-Mar 14)

Warcross - Marie Lu (Mar 17-Mar 21)

Love From A to Z - S.K. Ali (Mar 21-Mar 22)

Genuine Fraud - E. Lockhart (Mar 23-Mar 24)

The Paris Dressmaker - Kristy Cambron (Mar 25-Mar 30)

Crier’s War - Nina Varela (Mar 31-Apr 2)

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid (Apr 4-Apr 6)

The Cousins - Karen McManus (Apr 7-Apr 10)

Vicious - V.E. Schwab (Apr 11-Apr 13)

Legendborn - Tracy Deonn (Apr 15-Apr 22)

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - C.S. Lewis (Apr 24-Apr 25)

Lost in the Never Woods - Aiden Thomas (Apr 26-Apr 29)

One of Us Is Lying - Karen McManus (May 1-May 2)

Gutter Child - Jael Richardson (May 3-May 8)

Dread Nation - Justina Ireland (May 10-May 14)

Deathless Divide - Justina Ireland (May 15-May 17)

Good Girl, Bad Blood - Holly Jackson (May 22)

Down Comes the Night - Allison Saft (May 18-May 23)

The Gilded Wolves - Roshani Chokshi (May 24-May 30)

Love, Rosie - Cecilia Ahern (May 30-June 2)

I Love You So Mochi - Sarah Kuhn (June 3-June 4)

Tweet Cute - Emma Lord (June 5)

Daisy Jones and The Six (reread) - Taylor Jenkins Reid (June 5)

The Final Revival of Opal and Nev - Dawnie Walton (June 6-June 7)

One Last Stop - Casey McQuiston (June 8-June 11)

Malibu Rising - Taylor Jenkins Reid (June 12-June 14)

Legend - Marie Lu (June 15-June 18)

Beach Read - Emily Henry (June 18-June 19)

Amelia Unabridged - Ashley Schumacher (June 19)

Rule of Wolves - Leigh Bardugo (June 20-June 23)

One of Us Is Next - Karen McManus (June 24-June 26)

The Girls I’ve Been - Tess Sharpe (June 26-June 27)

People We Meet On Vacation - Emily Henry (June 29-June 30)

Vengeful - V.E. Schwab (July 1)

Finding Audrey - Sophie Kinsella (July 2)

A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow - Laura Taylor Namey (July 2)

Meg and Jo - Virginia Kantra (July 3)

The Cruel Prince - Holly Black (July 3)

The Lightning Thief (reread) - Rick Riordan (July 3-July 4)

Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia (July 4-July 5)

Boyfriend Material - Alexis Hall (July 5-July 7)

The Sea of Monsters (reread) - Rick Riordan (July 8)

The Titan’s Curse (reread) - Rick Riordan (July 8)

The Battle of the Labyrinth (reread) - Rick Riordan (July 9)

The Last Olympian (reread) - Rick Riordan (July 9-July 10)

Honey Girl - Morgan Rogers (July 11-July 12)

Circe - Madeline Miller (July 14-July 16)

Rent a Boyfriend - Gloria Chao (July 18-July 21)

Perfect On Paper - Sophie Gonzales (July 22-July 25)

Dial A For Aunties - Jesse Sutanto (July 26-July 28)

Plain Bad Heroines - Emily Danforth (July 29-July 30)

The Secret Bridesmaid - Katy Birchall (July 31)

The Wicked King - Holly Black (Aug 1)

Radio Silence - Alice Oseman (Aug 1)

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - John Berendt (Aug 2-Aug 3)

The Queen of Nothing - Holly Black (Aug 5-Aug 7)

The Unhoneymooners - Christina Lauren (Aug 8-Aug 10)

Howl’s Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones (Aug 11-Aug 12)

Heartstopper: Volume 1 - Alice Oseman (Aug 13)

Shadow and Bone (reread) - Leigh Bardugo (Aug 13-Aug 14)

Heartstopper: Volume 2 - Alice Oseman (Aug 15)

Solitaire - Alice Oseman (Aug 16)

A Universe of Wishes: A We Need Diverse Books Anthology - Dhonielle Clayton et al. (Aug 17-Aug 18)

The Dream Thieves - Maggie Stiefvater (Aug 19-Aug 20)

House of Hollow - Krystal Sutherland (Aug 20)

The Meet Cute Project - Rhiannon Richardson (Aug 20-Aug 21)

The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller (Aug 21)

Wild Women and the Blues - Denny S Bryce (Aug 22)

Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens (Aug 24-Aug 25)

Blue Lily, Lily Blue - Maggie Stiefvater (Aug 27-Aug 28)

The Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett (Aug 23-Aug 30)

Ace of Spades - Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé (Aug 30-Sept 1)

The Raven King - Maggie Stiefvater (Sept 1-Sept 3)

Heartstopper: Volume 3 - Alice Oseman (Sept 3)

Prodigy - Marie Lu (Sept 3-Sept 4)

Stalking Jack the Ripper - Kerri Maniscalco (Sept 4)

A Darker Shade of Magic - V.E. Schwab (Sept 4-Sept 5)

Little Fires Everywhere - Celeste Ng (Sept 5)

The Young Elites - Marie Lu (Sept 5-Sept 6)

The Dead and the Dark - Courtney Gould (Sept 6)

Call Down the Hawk - Maggie Stiefvater (Sept 7-Sept 9)

Hunting Prince Dracula - Kerri Maniscalco (Sept 10-Sept 11)

Mister Impossible - Maggie Stiefvater (Sept 12-Sept 15)

The Ex Talk - Rachel Lynn Solomon (Sept 16-Sept 18)

Siege and Storm (reread) - Leigh Bardugo (Sept 18-Sept 20)

The Ivies - Alexa Donne (Sept 20-Sept 21)

The Gilded Wolves (reread) - Roshani Chokshi (Sept 24-Sept 25)

The Silvered Serpents - Roshani Chokshi (Sept 26-Sept 28)

Ruin and Rising (reread) - Leigh Bardugo (Sept 29-Oct 1)

Escaping From Houdini - Kerri Maniscalco (Oct 2-Oct 5)

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder (reread) - Holly Jackson (Oct 6)

A Gathering of Shadows - V.E. Schwab (Oct 8-Oct 9)

You Have a Match - Emma Lord (Oct 10)

The Mysterious Benedict Society (reread) - Trenton Lee Stewart (Oct 10)

Champion - Marie Lu (Oct 11-Oct 14)

Frying Plantain - Zalika Reid-Benta (Oct 15-Oct 16)

China Rich Girlfriend (audiobook) - Kevin Kwan (Oct 6-Oct 20)

The Rose Society - Marie Lu (Oct 16-Oct 21)

The Midnight Star - Marie Lu (Oct 23-Oct 27)

A Lesson In Vengeance - Victoria Lee (Oct 28-Oct 30)

Firekeeper’s Daughter - Angeline Boulley (Oct 30-Oct 31)

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - Stuart Turton (Nov 1-Nov 6)

Sawkill Girls - Claire Legrand (Nov 7-Nov 11)

XOXO - Axie Oh (Nov 11-Nov 13)

If We Were Villains (reread) - M.L. Rio (Nov 14-Nov 15)

Good Girl Bad Blood (reread) - Holly Jackson (Nov 18-Nov 20)

As Good As Dead - Holly Jackson (Nov 20-Nov 21)

And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie (Nov 22-Nov 23)

For the Wolf - Hannah Whitten (Nov 26-Dec 3)

It Ends With Us - Colleen Hoover (Dec 4-Dec 5)

Room - Emma Donoghue (Dec 6-Dec 11)

Bright Young Things - Anna Godbersen (Dec 13-Dec 19)

It Happened One Summer - Tessa Bailey (Dec 20)

Two Can Keep a Secret - Karen McManus (Dec 21-Dec 22)

The Night Circus (reread) - Erin Morgenstern (Dec 22-Dec 23)

Capturing the Devil - Kerri Maniscalco (Dec 25-Dec 26)

Once Upon a Broken Heart - Stephanie Garber (Dec 26-Dec 28)

Far From You - Tess Sharpe (Dec 28-Dec 29)

Luck of the Titanic - Stacey Lee (Dec 29-Dec 30)

[buckystarlight]

ALRIGHT some book recs coming up, straight from my shelves to yours <3

first of all, i've never read anything bad by holly bourne or sophie kinsella ever. they're mostly quick and fun reads, though holly bourne's books usually center around more serious issues, too.

cemetery boys by aiden thomas. lgbt+ urban fantasy set around el día de muertos, need i say more?

howl's moving castle by diana wynne jones. i've been told this is somewhat different from the ghibli movie, but i didn't grow up with it and so i don't actually know. i went into this without knowing anything but the main characters' names and absolutely loved it.

the guernsey literary and potato peel pie society by mary ann shaffer and annie barrows. one of my all time faves, an epistolary novel set after ww2 in which a bunch of people really love books and it's also sad and beautiful. the movie's great, too!

the school for good and evil by soman chainani. this is a series that they're making into a netflix show next year and kit young will be in it and it's gonna be great. set in a fairy tale universe, two young girls are sent to the titulary school to be main fairy tale characters, essentially. this has some of the most buckwild plot twists i've ever read, and i'm not even joking.

beach read by emily henry. a romance novel between two writers who make a bet to write their next novel in the other one's preferred genre. i'm going to put an 18+ warning on that one though since i don't actually know how old you are and this does get spicy!

wicked by gregory maguire. yes there's a musical. (i had to) this is a retelling of the wonderful wizard of oz, but make it darker and add a dash of political commentary.

invisible women by caroline criado pérez. if you wanna get upset about the patriarchal society we all live in, this is the book for you.

ninth house by leigh bardugo. i know you're familiar with the grishaverse, but i also really liked her other fantasy novel! it's considerably darker, but it has those gritty urban fantasy dark academia vibes that i think are very seasonal.

written in the stars by alexandria bellefleur. i'm currently reading this and i'm all kinds of in love with it. it's got lesbian fake dating, the characters are named after pride and prejudice characters, and there are lots of astrology references. it's glorious.

i also said i wouldn't start reading the marvel comics, but they literally had a falcon and the winter soldier collection at my library sooo if you wanna see alpine and read some very out of context comic excerpts i can highly recommend. i'm very confused and entertained 😂 hope this helps x

YOU ANGEL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!! i'm adding all of these to my list rn

also i just ordered ninth house, how did you like it? i read kinda mixed reviews so i really dont know what to expect?

[crystallllines]

dream brain did a very weird thing, first a musical-fueled dream sequence that featured c&c in leading parts, with a focus on sad sorry saint. just before my bladder forced me up, v the terrible ran out, calling for his smallest daughter. later, a more anne of gg-meetss-sarah crew-meets-pippi longstocking-inspired sequence, focusing more on smallest daughter, with v the terrible as if played by daniel bruhl but also mixed with, like, siegfried sassoon. which was weird, but also weirdly marvel-movie-knockoff-y, where smallest daughter had grown old enough to go to finishing school in France…? England? No clue! She was Scottish🤯 and also v wasn’t actually her bio dad, but an adoptive/step-dad??? which suggests, what, that wild, cold sophie was her biological mother and actually got the guy she wanted (eventually) instead of (ever) agreeing to play a beard for sad sorry saint, like I initially intended? and also that v could be an attentive, more stable presence in her life??

there was a josie and prissy pye-inspired pair of twins named josie pear and prissy pie involved— and, like, this dream was intense, and detailed to the point where josie pear/pye (lol brain what a weird thing to do) had a bad ed at the beginning of the sequence…

this is weird because it gave everyone what they seem to have wanted, and everyone turned out ok for once, and the dynamic was a little more functional… and i might want to play with it more, later. maybe it could actually be something i could make into a working story.

[wecomrades]

Master List War Material

Hello everyone!

I decided to make my own list about war stuff and share it with you lots. These are all of the movies and TV shows that I've ever watched and books that I read; it's going to be WWI, WWII (with Holocaust as well), Vietnam War and Iraq War related. What can I say, I'm a slut when it comes to matters of war and soldiers, mostly. I'll keep updating it with new stuff every now and then. 

I really hope you find this interesting and useful! If you have any suggestions or questions or whatever, my DMs are always open ❤️

MOVIES:

WWI

1917

War Horse

Testament of Youth

1918

All quiet at the Western front

The Eagle and the Hawk

WWII

Dunkirk

Hacksaw Ridge

Midway

Inglourious Basterds

Fury

Flags of Our Fathers

Unbroken

Saving Private Ryan

Schindler's List (Holocaust)

The Thin Red Line

Pearl Harbour

The Longest Day

The Dirty Dozen

The Pianist (Holocaust)

Anthropoid

Train de vie

The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) (Holocaust)

Hurricane

Black Book

Saints and Soldiers

The Darkest Hour

The Monuments Men

T-34

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (Holocaust)

Life is Beautiful (Holocaust)

Elle s'appelait Sarah (Holocaust)

Jakob the Liar (Holocaust)

The Zookeeper's Wife (Holocaust)

Sobibor (Holocaust)

The Photographer of Mauthausen (Holocaust)

At War with Love

Jojo Rabbit

Kapò (Holocaust)

Perlasca: the Courage of a Just Man (Holocaust)

A Bag of Marbles

Where Hands Touch (War/Holocaust)

Naked Among Wolves (Holocaust)

Company of Heroes

From Hell to Victory

The Big Red One

Son of Saul (Holocaust)

U-Boot 96

Uprising

Downfall

A Bridge Too Far

Defiance

The Resistance Banker

Greyhound

My Honor Was Loyalty – Leibstandarte

Ghosts of War

Goodbye Children

Jonah Who Lived in the Whale

Atonement

The Sound of Music

Another Mother’s Son

Sophie Scholl – The Final Days

Into the White

Nancy Wake: Gestapo’s Most Wanted

Resistance (2020)

Lancaster Skies

POST WWII

Reunion

Operation Finale

The Truce

Sophie's Choice (Holocaust)

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Denial

The Windermere Children

VIETNAM

Hamburger Hill

Good Morning, Vietnam

The Last Full Measure

Danger Close: the Battle of Long Tan

We Were Soldiers

Apocalypse Now

Full Metal Jacket

Platoon

The Deer Hunter

Da 5 Bloods

Tunnel Rats

Rescue Dawn

IRAQ

12 Strong

The Hurt Locker

Sand Castle

American Sniper

Jarhead

The Yellow Birds

OTHER

Triple Frontier

War Machine

Black Hawk Down

The Siege of Jadotville

TV SHOWS:

WWI

Birdsong (2 episodes)

WWII

Band of Brothers (10 episodes)

The Pacific (10 episodes)

Catch-22 (6 episodes)

Generation War (3 episodes)

Colditz 2005 (2 episodses)

The Liberator (4 episodes)

AU

The Man in the High Castle (4 seasons/40 episodes)

SS GB (5 episodes)

POST WWII

Close to the Enemy (7 episodes)

Restless (2 episodes)

IRAQ WAR

Generation Kill (7 episodes)

BOOKS:

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

La banalità del bene di Enrico Deaglio (for my italian fellas)

L'impostore di Giorgio Perlasca (same as before)

Reunion by Fred Uhlman

D-Day by Larry Collins

The May Beetles by Baba Schwartz

Village of Secrets: Defying the Nazis in Vichy France by Caroline Moorehead

The Diary by Anne Frank

Lilac Girls: A Novel by Martha Hall Kelly

The Big Break: The Greatest American WWII POW Escape Story Never Told by S. Dando-Collins

If This is a Man by Primo Levi

The Periodic Table by Primo Levi

If Not Now, When? by Primo Levi

The Truce by Primo Levi

A Bag of Marbles by Joseph Joffo

Dunkirk by Robert Jackson

Dunkirk by Joshua Levine

Unbroken by Laura Hillembrand

Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose

The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters by Dick Winters and Cole Kingseed

Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends by Edward Heffron, Robyn Post, and William Guarnere

Easy Company Soldier: The Legendary Battles of a Sergeant from World War II's "Band of Brothers" by Don Malarkey

Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich by David Webster

Un anno sull'altipiano di Emilio Lussu (sadly this one is only in italian)

Generation Kill by Evan Wright

Commandant of Auschwitz by Rudolf Hoss

The Sergeant in the Snow by Mario Rigoni Stern

Shifty's War: The Authorized Biography of Sergeant Darrell "Shifty" Powers, the Legendary Sharpshooter from the Band of Brothers by Marcus Brotherton

Biggest Brother: The Life of Major Dick Winters, the Man Who Led the Band of Brothers by Larry Alexander

Searching for Augusta: The Forgotten Angel of Bastogne by Martin King

A Company of Heroes: Personal Memories about the Real Band of Brothers and the Legacy They Left Us by Marcus Brotherton

The Combat Story of Ed Shames of Easy Company by Ian Gardner

Liberation by Imogen Kealey

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

How Easy Company Became a Band of Brothers by Chris Langlois

[doubleattitude]

JUMP Dance Convention, Dallas, TX: RESULTS

High Scores by Age:

JUMPstart Solo

1st: Mikaela Florez-’Stop Go’

2nd: Mackenzie Glover-’Suddenly’

3rd: Audrina Mossembekker-’Fields of Gold’

4th: Arianna Claxton-’Ride’

5th: Avery Redus-’Lost Boy’

6th: Zephira Duran-’Little Weaver Bird’

7th: Nora Davis-’Broadway Banana’

8th: Symone Armijo-’Rotten To the Core’

Mini Solo

1st: Braylynn Grizzaffi-’Path5′

2nd: Sophia Gil-’Film Credits’

2nd: Anna Holley-’Reminisce’

3rd: Landry Silas-’Cheek to Cheek’

3rd: Allie Plott-’The Path’

4th: Lexus Natalie-’Alternate World’

4th: Winter Eberts-’Dreamlike’

5th: Harper Ducale-’Change Is Everything’

5th: Ashley Otano-’Dark Matter’

5th: Kinsley Oykhman-’Life Could Be A Dream’

5th: Carolina Sterkel-’Thoroughfare’

5th: Kalista Greer-’Yesterday’

6th: Zoey Claxton-’Moonlight Sonata’

6th: Noah Johnson-’Scanner’

6th: Channing Embry-’Whatever Lola Wants’

7th: Denise Torres-’Drag Shift’

7th: Presley Nava-’Pure Imagination’

8th: Cora Woodhouse-’Pulling On A Thread’

9th: Avery LeSaicherre-’Hide and Seek’

9th: Patience Hughes-’Weird People’

10th: Dennis Paul Haggerty-’Beautiful Dream’

Junior Solo

1st: Laci Stoico-’Mibiso’

2nd: Graham Johnson-’New Shoes’

3rd: Lilly Allen-’Femme Fatale’

3rd: Ciana Ciulla-’Nana’

4th: Zoe McDonald-’U Can’t Touch This’

5th: Kortlynn Rosenbaugh-’Concentration’

5th: Colby Rich-’I Lie’

5th: Jazlyn Quintero-’The Deep End’

5th: Lincoln Blakely-’What I Came To Do’

6th: Kanon Greer-’To The Sky’

7th: Caroline McGowan-’Everything Evaporates’

7th: Makaia Roux-’Everything I Wanted’

7th: Kenlie Winsett-’Patterns of The Tides’

7th: Carolyne Knutson-’Peace’

7th: Campbell Thurow-’You Can’t Touch This’

8th: Jade Bontron-’A Night In Paris’

8th: Jocelyn Nguyen-’I’m Not Myself’

8th: Ava Mogote-’Somewhere Over The Rainbow’

8th: London Campayno-’Valis’

9th: McKenna Markham-’Shrine Tooth’

9th: Nyah Jackson-’Slow Meadows’

9th: Stella Eberts-’Valley’

10th: Addison Haggerty-’Ghost In The Wind’

10th: Scarlett Petty-’Stars’

10th: Kylie Carter-’The LOOK’

Teen Solo

1st: Garris Munoz-’Enlightenment’

1st: Avery Lau-’Fear of the Unknown and The Blazing Sun’

1st: Hudson Pletcher-’Forged Imitation’

2nd: Sarah Kate Kurzius-’Charmed’

2nd: Ava Miller-’Tarnished’

3rd: Carmen Beiner-’Dyonisis’

3rd: Braylon Browner-’Run From Me’

3rd: Sabine Nehls-’Shout’

4th: Beth Anne McGowan-’Heart Is As Black At Night’

4th: Ella Williams-’The Garden’

5th: Macie Krause-’Menace’

5th: Dasha Vishnyakova-’Partita’

5th: Caroline Belknap-’Sonata De Le Muerte’

5th: Kali Knewitz-’Wake Up Your Eardrums’

6th: Kathryn Martinez-’Another Brick In The Wall’

6th: Gianna Garwacki-’Epiphany’

6th: Sophie Bishop-’La Mamma Morta’

6th: Isabel Reese-’Spectral Density’

7th: Ella Hendricks-’Ella and Ella’

7th: Faith Stoner-’Solids’

8th: Brielle McCoy-’My Brightest Diamond’

8th: Trinity Kelly-’Sorrow’

9th: Sofia Ramirez-’Long Train Running’

9th: Peyton Koepke-’On The Horizon’

9th: Natalya Toirac-’See how they run’

9th: Jillian Sims-’Shadow Journal’

10th: Dru Neal-’Bringing Back A Past’

10th: Caitlyn Herrin-’Hour After Hour’

10th: Macy Orvis-’Look At Me’

10th: Mia Miller-’Only The Voices’

Senior Solo

1st: Jackson Roloff-Hafenbreadl-’FOUR’

2nd: Ruby Castro-’For You’

2nd: Paige Mcmanaman-’Vienna’

3rd: Jordan Apodaca-’Standing Over The Horizon’

4th: Chloe Lopina-’In Love In Vein’

4th: Lainey Myers-’You Are The Reason’

5th: Raegan Davidson-’After That’

5th: Raegan Stafford-’With All My Love’

6th: Peyton Winsett-’Distortion’

6th: Emily Fluker-’I Will Follow’

6th: Clara Gough-’Snow Queen’

6th: Haley Beck-’Upside’

7th: Karsyn Kelly-’Don’t Make Me Over’

7th: Gracie Lee-’Love of My Life’

7th: Cahntal Le-’Tear Jerker’

7th: Jonah Tran-’Unburdened and Becoming’

8th: Elise Knecht-’Corps’

8th: Emma Sucato-’Memories’

8th: Haley Bogdon-’The Mourning’

8th: Kylie Sicillan-’Time & I’

9th: Emmalyn Mackaron-’San TOI’

10th: Ella Berner-’Grief Point’

Mini Duo/Trio

1st: HYPE Dance Studio-’American Boy’

2nd: HYPE Dance Studio-’G.I.R.L’

3rd: Centre for Dance-’Faith’

Junior Duo/Trio

1st: Artistry In Motion Performing Arts Center-’Cringe’

2nd: Dance Company of Wylie-’Machine’

Teen Duo/Trio

1st: Next Step Dance-’Georgia’

2nd: The Pointe Performing Arts Center-’Listen’

3rd: South Tulsa Dance Co-’Strangers In The Night’

Senior Duo/Trio

1st: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Tea For Two’

2nd: Texas Academy of Dance-’Do The Sacred Mass’

JUMPstart Group

1st: Next Step Dance-’Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy’

2nd: Next Step Dance-’Boy From New York City’

3rd: Next Step Dance-’Milly Rock’

Mini Group

1st: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’We Love to Bebop’

2nd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Strings’

3rd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Ain’t Your Mama’

Junior Group

1st: Kim Massay Dance Productions-’Dance With You’

1st: The Pointe Performing Arts Center-’Send In The Clowns’

2nd: Kim Massay Dance Productions-’Image Deconstructed’

3rd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Letters To’

3rd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Threads That Bind’

Teen Group

1st: Next Step Dance-’Maria Bonita’

2nd: Next Step Dance-’A Women Left Lonely’

2nd: Kim Massay Dance Productions-’Herd of Defense’

3rd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Wish We Could Turn Back Time’

Senior Group

1st: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Embraceable You’

2nd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’A Human, A Light’

3rd: Kim Massay Dance Productions-’Can You Hear That?’

Mini Line

1st: Next Step Dance-’The Chain’

2nd: Next Step Dance-’Spring’

2nd: Next Step Dance-’Sweet Dreams’

2nd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’We’ve Got a Ways to Go’

3rd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’The Ladies of the Wild West’

Junior Line

1st: Next Step Dance-’Mi Mujer’

2nd: Next Step Dance-’Opening’

2nd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-‘Salute’

3rd: Next Step Dance-’Vogue’

3rd: The Pointe Performing Arts Center-’We Are The Ones’

Teen Line

1st: Next Step Dance-’Tarantella’

2nd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Dead Hearts’

3rd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Where Is My Body’

Senior Line

1st: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Devour’

2nd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Invocation of Lust’

JUMPstart Extended Line

1st: Next Step Dance-’Ridin Dirty’

2nd: Next Step Dance-’Hey Diddle Diddle’

3rd: Next Step Dance-’Rock Star’

Mini Extended Line

1st: Next Step Dance-’Runaway Baby’

2nd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Footloose’

Junior Extended Line

1st: Next Step Dance-’Bridge Over Troubled Water’

2nd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Flatline’

3rd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Don’t Stop’

Teen Extended Line

1st: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’American Pie’

1st: Next Step Dance-’Snowing’

2nd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Overture In A’

3rd: Next Step Dance-’Technologic’

3rd: Kim Massay Dance Productions-’You Know Me’

Senior Extended Line

1st: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Hotel California’

2nd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Sexy Crazy’

Mini Production

1st: Next Step Dance-’42nd Street’

2nd: Next Step Dance-’Game On’

Junior Production

1st: Next Step Dance-’Let It Cook’

2nd: Next Step Dance-’Everlasting Love’

3rd: The Pointe Performing Arts Center-’Wanna Rock’

Teen Production

1st: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Goodnight’

2nd: Next Step Dance-’All That Jazz’

3rd: The Pointe Performing Arts Center-’RELAX’

Senior Production

1st: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’CRUNK’

High Scores by Performance Division:

JUMPstart Tap

Next Step Dance-’Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy’

JUMPstart Hip-Hop

Next Step Dance-’Milly Rock’

JUMPstart Jazz

Next Step Dance-’Boy From New York City’

JUMPstart Lyrical

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Gypsy’

Mini Jazz

Next Step Dance-’Knock On Wood’

Mini Tap

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’We Love to Bebop’

Mini Contemporary

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Strings’

Mini Ballroom

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Ain’t Your Mama’

Mini Ballet

Next Step Dance-’Spring’

Mini Lyrical

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’We’ve Got a Ways to Go’

Next Step Dance-’Sweet Dreams’

Mini Hip-Hop

Next Step Dance-’Game On’

Junior Jazz

Kim Massay Dance Productions-’Dance With You’

Junior Lyrical

The Pointe Performing Arts Center-’Send In The Clowns’

Junior Ballet

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-‘Salute’

Next Step Dance-’Opening’

Junior Contemporary

Next Step Dance-’Mi Mujer’

Junior Tap

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Letters To’

Junior Specialty

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Marquises’

Junior Hip-Hop

Next Step Dance-’Let It Cook’

Junior Ballroom

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Don’t Stop’

Teen Contemporary

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Goodnight’

Teen Specialty

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Dead Hearts’

Teen Jazz

Next Step Dance-’Technologic’

Kim Massay Dance Productions-’You Know Me’

Teen Lyrical

Next Step Dance-’Snowing’

Teen Tap

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’American Pie’

Teen Hip-Hop

Next Step Dance-’#FreeBritney’

Kim Massay Dance Productions-’Roses’

Teen Ballet

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Overture In A’

Teen Ballroom

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Distortion’

Teen Musical Theatre

Next Step Dance-’All That Jazz’

Senior Contemporary

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Hotel California’

Senior Specialty

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Evermore’

Senior Tap

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Embraceable You’

Senior Lyrical

High Attitude Dance Academy-’Because You Loved Me’

Senior Ballet

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Completely Gone’

Senior Jazz

Eminence Dance Complex-’Cold Hearted Snake’

Senior Ballroom

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Sexy Crazy’

Senior Hip-Hop

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’CRUNK’

Best of JUMP:

JUMPstart

Next Step Dance-’Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy’

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Gypsy’

Mini

The Pointe Performing Arts Center-’Where The Light Gets In’

Next Step Dance-’42nd Street’

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’We Love to Bebop’

Junior

Next Step Dance-’Mi Mujer’

Kim Massay Dance Productions-’Dance With You’

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Threads That Bind’

The Pointe Performing Arts Center-’Send In The Clowns’

Teen

Kim Massay Dance Productions-’You Know Me’

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’American Pie’

The Pointe Performing Arts Center-’A Destination’

Next Step Dance-’Snowing’

Senior

Kim Massay Dance Productions-’Can You Hear That?’

Next Step Dance-’Half the Man’

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Hotel California’

Best In Studio:

Next Step Dance-’Snowing’

Kim Massay Dance Productions-’Can You Hear That?’

The Pointe Performing Arts Center-’A Destination’

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Hotel California’

[jacnaylor]

romance book recs!!

romance is my feel good genre, and it’s also usually somewhat easier to read during stressful times, so here’s a list of some books that are either romance or have a romance element i feel like mentioning.

(EDIT: I STAYED UP TILL 2 AM DOING THIS HELP. this is why some of the comments. don’t make any fucking sense.)

romance books and authors:

CONTEMPORARY:

1. The Bromance bookclub series by Lyssa Kay Adams (A group of men form a bookclub dedicated to romance books in order to understand women, improve their relationships and become better men. It’s funny, cute, and all about dismantling toxic masculinity one romance book at a time)

2. Mariana Zapata books (The queen of slowburn romance. The only book I’ve read by her is ‘Under Locke’, but ‘From Lukov with love’ and ‘Kulti’ have rave reviews. There is so much build up and SO much sexual tension with a great pay off)

3. Milly Johnson books (A uk author whose books are primarily set in the north, these are total feel good books. Not so much graphic and more romantic, but her characters are great and her plot lines really hook you in.)

4. The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren (Super cute, quick enemies-to-lovers story about a bridesmaid who has to go on a honeymoon with the best man when the bride and groom get food poisoning. Obviously this means the holy of holies: fake relationship!)

5. Well met by Jen De Luca (Oh my gosh! Super fun, the characters are just wonderful especially our heroine. A hate-to-love romance set at a renaissance fair! All about overcoming the limits you set on yourself and rethinking your first impressions.)

6. Katherine Center books (My personal favourites are ‘How to walk away’ about a woman who falls for her PT after a near fatal plane crash. And ‘Happiness for beginners’ about a woman taking part in a wilderness trail with her brothers annoying best friend. She writes such great plots and you really feel all the emotions!)

7. Mhairi Mcfarlane books (my personal favourites are ‘Here’s looking at you’ about a woman who comes face to face with her high school bully years later - only he doesn’t recognize her. And he’s not awful? Don’t worry. I know how that synopsis sounds. He’s not excused his actions, but you also understand how he’s grown and changed. It definitely gets you in the feels though. As does ‘You had me at hello’ Which is about a couple from university meeting again years later. God this woman can write angst and yearning!!)

8. A part of me by Anouska Knight (On the same day she and her husband have been accepted into the adoption process, their marriage implodes. This has such a cute romance which follows hate-to friends- to love and it’s v funny)

9. Southern Eclectic series by Molly harper (Just as it sounds. Southern small town romance with a great, quirky cast of characters)

10. Maggie’s man by Lisa Gardner (writing as Alicia Scott) (An escaped convict kidnaps a woman from the courthouse to act as his hostage whilst he tries to prove his innocence. Surprisingly funny and warm. Maggie as a heroine is an absolute joy. They’re sort of chaotic together and it’s a wild ride.)

11. The Mister by E.L James (LISTEN OK - SIT BACK DOWN - It’s not winning awards but it’s actually decent! I was skeptical, but I will admit I was won over. I mean parts are cheesy but it’s so addictive. Basically a rich man falls for his cleaning lady - but it’s also about the yearning. It’s also quite action packed as there’s danger, drama and a chase across europe to get the girl.)

12. RECENT Colleen Hoover (Now, you may enjoy older CH books. Personally I find them very problematic. Now I’ve really enjoyed her recent books though. Especially ‘Without Merit’ and ‘It ends with us’ and ‘Regretting you’. High angst, high drama, dark topics for all of her books. But you can tell she’s matured with her writing. She isn’t for everyone but they’re addictive, fast paced reads.

13. The Austenland duology by Shannon Hale (You might have seen the Austenland movie - The cutest, cheesiest, sweetest, campiest movie ever. Well there’s a book! It’s about women who go on a holiday and live their own Jane Austen story with actors. The first book leans towards Pride and Prejudice and Mansfield park. The second book is more Northanger abbey and Emma.

14. Brigid Kemmerer contemporaries (She is an auto-buy author for me, especially her contemporaries. She writes the best teenage characters, the best teenage boys I’ve ever read about. Her characters are real, she writes about kids trying their best, struggling, and being good, and kind, and the world not being kind to them. Usually the books have a pov from both the female and male love interest. I would rec any of them tbh. ‘Letters to the lost’ comes before it’s companion novel ‘More than we can tell’. I loved ‘Call it what you want’ with has modern Robin Hood elements!!!! seriously she is my favourite YA contemporary author.

15. Sophie Kinsella books (If you haven’t picked up her stand alone novels then what are you doing???? she is the queen!!!! Personal favourites are ‘Can you keep a secret’ and ‘I’ve got your number)

16. A quiet kind of thunder by Sara Barnard (I love her ok. Her books are short and sweet but she packs a punch. TBH these aren’t primarily romance, they’re more just about teenage girls but this one has a good romance element so I’m putting it on here. It’s about Steffi, a selective mute who sometimes communicates with basic sign language who is assigned to look after the new boy at school Rhys, who is deaf.)

17. Meet me at the museum by Anne Youngson (GORGEOUS! moving, tender. A lonely housewifes strikes up a correspondence with a widowed museum curator in Denmark. Oh gosh. I just love this one. It’s about friendship, love, grief, second chances, the choices we make. Seriously love this one and it’s not that long.)

FANTASY:

1. Sorcery of thorns by Margaret Rogerson (Elisabeth has grown up in the great library, protecting grimoires with powers and fearing sorcerers. When a dangerous grimoire is released, she’s forced to team up with an enigmatic sorcerer and his demonic servant in order to save the world.)

2. Sky in the deep duology by Adrienne Young (A viking inspired story about a warrior who is captured by the tribe she is at war with. Such good tension and it’s also got a lot of action. Battle couple romance! Mutual respect! Hate to love!)

3. The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley (I’ve reread this book once but will end up reading it again. It’s a time travel romance about a woman staying in cornwall dealing with the death of her sister who is transported back and forth to the 17th century. It’s a favourite. The romance is wonderful but the stakes are really high too. I also love ‘Belleweather’ by the same author)

4. An ember in the ashes series by Sabaa Tahir (Oh god, the romance. THE ROMANCE! it’s so much. The angst, the pining, the longing. The first book follows Laia, part of a slave class in a roman inspired world. She begins spying in the top military academy and meets Elias, a reluctant soldier. This is a proper fantasy series with only the first three books out, but it’s so great.)

5. Alias Hook by Lisa Jensen (Let me just copy the blurb ok: “Meet Captain James Benjamin Hook, a witty, educated Restoration-era privateer cursed to play villain to a pack of malicious little boys in a pointless war that never ends. But everything changes when Stella Parrish, a forbidden grown woman, dreams her way to the Neverland in defiance of Pan's rules.” I MEAN COME ON. a gorgeous adult fairytale with love and redemption at the center.

6. The Mediator series by Meg Cabot (Obviously Meg Cabot is the most iconic and we stan. But this series is my absolute favourite by her. About Suze Simon, a kickass, no nonsense mediator - Someone who helps ghosts move on to the other side. Sometimes by force. She has to move house and ends up sharing her room with a 100 year old hot ghost named Jesse. The tension. The angst. THE BANTER!!!!)

7. House of Earth and Blood by Sara J Maas (a half fae half mortal girl tries to solve a murder with the help of a fallen angel. It’s a LONG book, but for me personally it flew by. It’s a big new fantasy world but the romance has a great build. Overcoming grief! Being normal together! Being in danger together! THE UST! the characters are so good. I ahven’t been this impressed by a new series for a while)

8. Cursebreakers series by Brigid Kemmerer (yep, she gets another mention. This one is a beauty and the best retelling about a man forced to relive the same season over and over, becoming a literal beat, until a girl from our world can break the curse. The second book, following secondary characters, is my fave so far. But both feature kickass ladies and those small romantic moments BK is so good at)

9. A court of thorns and roses series by Sara J Maas (a fae inspired beauty and the beast retelling. The only time you support a ship switch. Also the secondary ships are getting their own books and oh my god. I’m so excited.)

HISTORICAL/CLASSICS/MILLS AND BOON

1. Jane Austen (The original rom com queen, obviously. Pride and prejudice and Emma are faves. Also I have a major soft spot for the alwayc chaotic and underrated Northanger Abbey)

2. North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell (Actually might be my favourite classic ever. Often described at an industrial p&p. Margaret, from the south, comes face to face with the harsh reality of the world when she moves up north and comes face to face with a brooding millowner. There’s obviously a lot more nuance than that but. THE PINING!!!!!! THE MISCOMMUNICATION! THE DRAMA!)

3. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer (You might have seen the film. Please also read the book. Told entirely in letters. The sharp witted author Juliet Ashton falls in love with Guernsey and it’s characters whilst researching what happened there during the war. Funny, moving and romantic.)

4. The Veronica Speedwell series by Deanna Raybourn (A butterfly hunter foils her own kidnap and is paired together with a reclusive natural historian. They solve mysteries together. They can’t admit they wanna sleep together. The tension.......unbearable. See also the Julia Grey mysteries by the same author)

5. The warrior knight and the widow by Ella Matthews (So last year I discovered Mills and Boon and I have no shame about it whatsoever. This is a medieval beauty and the beast retelling about a woman being escorted to her fathers estate by an enigmatic and scarred knight. She’s hoping to convince her father to let her steward her own lands, and of course trying not to fall for her escort.)

6. The bareknuckle bastards series by Sarah Maclean (A badass, brooding trio of siblings who rule the underbelly of Covent Garden fall for smart, beautiful women. Opposites attract, Good girl/bad boy, strong women, banter. Super fun historical romance)

7. Redeeming the reclusive earl by Virginia Heath (I just read this and it was seriously cute!!!! And book where the hero blushes even once is a good book in my opinion. Basically aspiring antiquarian named Effie barrels into the life of a new earl - who really just wants to be left alone to be grumpy and sad and disfigured. ALONE. But Effie wants to dig on his land. And she won’t take no for an answer. She also talks A LOT.

8. A family for the widowed governess by Ann Lethbridge (Technically this is part of a series but you don’t need to read them in order and this is the best one. A widow who is being blackmailed accepts a governess post. She can’t tell her employer about the blackmail especially when she starts falling for him.)

9. The bedlam stacks by Natasha Pulley (I read watchmaker and didn’t like it but you might like it. This one also FEAUTRES A M/M ROMANCE. I know this list was super straight im sorry. Anyway this is about a botanist falling in love with a priest in the jungle.

10. The wilderness series by Sara Donati (Think outlander without the time travel and also not set in scotland. Basically Last of the Mohicans fanfiction about Hawkeye’s grown up son. An english woman moves to america when her father promises she can be a school teacher there. Little does she know he actually has plans to marry her off. Things get more complicated when she falls for Nathaniel Bonner, a white man raised native american and who’s daughter and extended family is Native American. Like outlander there’s romance, adventure, history. But unlike the outlander books the love interest is a decent guy (i say as if i don’t love the tv show)

STUFF THAT REALLY ISN’T ROMANCE AT ALL. BUT I SHIP A SHIP.

1. The Lacey Flint series by Sharon Bolton (Lacey Flint is a police officer who becomes involved in the hunt to catch a Jack the ripper copycat. There actually is a strong romantic element with the other lead police officer.)

2. The last hours duology by Minette Walters. A novel about the black death and a closed estate lead by a woman who’s trying to protect her people. There’s also a kind of murder mystery. But she also has a close relationship to one of the surfs that I got super invested in.

3. The Strike series by J.k Rowling (I know we don’t stan anymore but. This series about  PI and his assistant slowly growing closer? Becoming best friends and partners? Not acknowledging any feelings for each other?

[bookdevouringhorde]

5, 20 and 60 for the book asks!

Thanks for sending this in!

5: Ultimate fav book is hard!! I cant possibly chose one so on any given day it’s a toss up between A Case of Exploding Mangoes, Fever series ( devoured the first 4 books in a week, actually dehydrated myself I was so engrossed),Caressed by Ice, Archangel's Kiss and Angel’s Blood by Nalini Singh, Magic Strikes and Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews and Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson (all of these are five stars, all of them gave me massive hangovers where I flopped around being unproductive and useless for days after)

20: Book series I cant wait to read would be basically the continuation of Iron Covenant, IAD, Psy changeling and Guild Hunter, Milla Vane's new arc of the Heart of Dragon series. New (to me ) series I'm looking forward to finally starting would be Winternight trilogy, Malazan book of the Fallen , Spindle Cove (I know, shocker, I havent read these staples yet), Vorkosigan saga, The Expanse series, Legend of the Storms and House of Russell.

60: Talk about books and recs: hmm.... see I am very picky about the books I read, I dont trust the hype specially if it's on booktube and booktwitter (the hype is often for all the wrong reasons). The easiest way to get me to read a book or put it on my tbr is to tell me not to read it ( I like to blame the capricorn in me, but honestly,it's just coz I'm the boss of me). I get a lot of recs for quick and dirty type reads from facebook (yes I know but the groups on there are bomb ass). I don't read horror as a genre (scaredy cat and I have no shame in admitting it). Also, I once saw one of my fav GR reviewers call the Hidden legacy books and Rogan 'problematic' and I not only unfollowed, I also blocked. Like, no time for that nonsense...

Recs: Ok, I've been reading adult romance and it's sub genres for years now and my tastes have definitely been shaped by that and I think a lot of my reading would now in this climate qualify as 'problematic' but hey.. it is what it is...lol.. Also, TW and CW , so in ficspeak, mind the tags/warnings aka read at your own peril...

1- Anne Stuart's House of Rohan (debauched, smoking hot, anti hero or just simply not very moral men in HR, whats not to love) and her ICE books (she writes good dangerous men) . 2-Karen Marie Moning's fever series ( dark UF and paranormal elements, first 5 books are the best things ever,the rest can be skipped but I know ppl who like the second arc too, I hated it mostly). 3-Christina Henry's Alice . 4-Perfect rake by Anne Gracie . 5-The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society . 6-Amanda Quick's Paid Companion and Mischief . 7-Annie's song by Catherine Anderson. 8-Grand Sophy and Black Sheep by Georgette Heyer. 9- G A Aiken's Dragon Kin. 10- Iron Seas by Meljean Brook. 11- London SteamPunk by Bec McMaster. 12-Tairen Soul series by C. L Wilson(old school style fantasy romance and so intricate and the world building is just *chef kiss* and just swoon)

I could really go on and on..

[alicitaffairs]

2020 Reading List

I saw Jaime did this last year and thought it was super cute!

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins (1/04)

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling (1/11)

Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus (1/16)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling (1/20)

Frankly in Love by David Yoon (2/6)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling (2/11)

Saint Anything by Sarah Desseb (2/18)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling (3/10)

The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys (3/17)

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuinston (3/28)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling(4/14)

What If It’s Us by Becky Albertall and Adam Silvera (4/15)

The Dead Girls Club by Damien Angelica Walters (4/27)

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (5/2)

City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare (5/10)

Silver Bells by Luanne Rice (5/10)

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling (5/17)

Scythe by Neal Shusterman (5/21)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling (5/30)

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins (6/6)

Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century by Nancy Schoenberger and Sam Kashner (6/23)

Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman (7/1)

In Five Years by Rebecca Serle (7/2)

Chain of Gold by Cassandra Claire (7/5)

The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus (7/9)

The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh (7/14)

You Should See Me In A Crown by Leah Johnson (7/17)

The Silence of Bones by June Hur (7/20)

The Toll by Neal Shusterman (7/28)

Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine by Gail Honeyman (8/1)

Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer (8/8)

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (8/11)

The Burning by Megha Majumdar (8/16)

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas (8/20)

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (8/23)

We Are Okay by Nina LaCour (8/25)

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty (8/31)

The Lost Book of the White by Cassandra Clare and Wesley Chu (9/1)

Rush by Maya Banks (9/3)

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (9/6)

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas (9/10)

We Are the Wildcats by Siobhan Vivian (9/15)

The Golden Compas by Philip Pullman (9/23)

The Agony House by Cherie Priest (10/1)

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black (10/3)

The Vanishing Half by Britt Bennett (10/8)

The Wicked King by Holly Black (10/12)

The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black (10/13)

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (10/14)

Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie (10/22)

Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix (10/25)

Know My Name by Chanel Miller (10/27)

Leave the World Behind by Rumania Alam (10/28)

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer (11/2)

The Midnight Heir by Cassandra Clare (11/4)

The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang (11/5)

Circe by Madeline Miller (11/9)

The Dragon Republic by RF Kuang (11/12)

The Burning God by R.F. Kuang (11/18)

The Last To Let Go by Amber Smith (11/24)

How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black (11/30)

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn (12/1)

The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa (12/2)

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell (12/7)

The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan (12/9)

These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong (12/12)

The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan (12/16)

In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren (12/18)

Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan (12/21)

The Lost Sisters by Holly Black (12/22)

A Winter’s Promise by Christelle Dabos (12/25)

The House of Hades by Rick Riordan (12/27)

[zacklover24]

Tessa Kidd

 The plan is to  stay alive and make it to tomorrow.

Plan for the best, expect the worst. The family motto.

If you don't shut up, I'll unman you with my hidden blade.

I don't  know what the fuck is going on, but I love it 

Name: Tessa Mary-Anne Kidd

Age: 19

Hair: Medium sun bleach blonde 

Eyes: Honey brown 

Height: 5'6( 5'8 with boots on)

Face claim: Sophie Cookson

Occupation: Hunter/ Arisit

Favorite drinks: coconut milk and coconut water 

Favorite meal: steak and ale meat pie 

Favorite dessert: strawberry sponge cake roll

Skills: Hand to hand combat, swordsmanship, navigation, basic first aid, occult knowledge, sailing 

Equipment: Two cutlasses, throwing knives, British order hidden blade/ gauntlet, compass, and teleport stone, leather bracer on right arm, two leather bracers on her legs

Family:

Birth father: Haytham Kenway 

Birth mother: N/A 

 Adoptive fathers: Edward kenway and James Kidd

Half brother: Connor Kenway 

Aunt: Anne Bonney 

Uncle: Jack Rackham

Cousins: Lily and John Rackham

Uncle: Adewale

Uncle: edward thatch

Uncle: benjamin hornigold

Aunt: Ziio Kenway

Bio: Tessa is the bastard daughter of Haytham Kenway. Born a full month after her older brother Connor, Hyatha was unsure what to do with the baby. He chose to get rid of her, and wash his hands of her. But, Edward saw this, and decided to adopt Tessa. Edward, James and others who knew the truth behind Tessa's birth father, choose not to tell her out of trying to protect her from the truth. As Tessa and Connor grew up and started there training there father was keeping tabs on them. Haytham saw the vast amount of potential that kids held and wished to take them and train them. He tied twice. The first time he tried, he used a grim. 

This backfired, Tessa was outside playing with Jacob and Evie and the dog attacked them and his daughter. The plan only backfired due to Edward being there and killing the dog. The second time he tired was a few weeks later. Both Edward, James and Ziio were away so it was a perfect time to strike. Only it didn't work out the way he wanted to. The kids were indeed kidnapped, but what Hyatham didn’t plan on was for Adewale, Benjamin and Achilles to be there. The three hunters were able to save the kids. Those the hunter’s didn’t learn anything for the kidnappers; they were keen to keep a close eye on the pair. Haytham didn’t try again after that. But, he did keep tabs on both kids. 

As Tessa grew she developed a couple of rivalries. One of them was with Jacob. But, they grew out of it, as the rivalry died and they saw each other as equals and ended up dating. Her second rivalry is with John Rackham. The pair have not grown out of there rivalry and it has in fact grown to become something of a bitter rivalry, and  they both try to outdo each other. 

Personality: Tessa comes off as being a sweet, polite and innocent young woman. In reality she is polite and sweet but not at all innocent. Tessa can be hot headed, brash and impatient. She hides her hot headedness and hides her temper very well to the point no one knows she has one. Tessa can also be a quiet and revered person, and is very clever and smart. Tessa also has an eye for detail and is fiercely loyal and protective of her friends and family.

[nataliamaximoff]

i was tagged by @romanoft and @gamoora to answer the following 73 questions, thank you so much, lovelies! ♡

on a scale of 1-10, how excited are you about life right now? 5

describe yourself in a hashtag? #underroverachiever

if you could do a love scene with anyone, who would it be? today’s mood is tom hiddleston but usually it’s seb stan or dylan o’brien

if your life was a musical, what would the marquee say? “nowhere to go but up for this vaguely interesting young lady!”

what’s one thing people don’t know about you? nothing, i’m an open book, maybe i’m repressing something but it could be anything

what’s your wake up ritual? check my phone, snooze button, get up, go to the bathroom, get dressed, be a zombie

what’s your go to bed ritual? lay in bed on my phone for 2 hours before finally falling asleep exhausted. must have toes and shoulders covered and no fan on, completely dark room, no light

what’s your favorite time of day? 5pm

your go to for having a good laugh? scrolling twitter, celebrity interviews on youtube, or talking to my discord friends

dream country to visit? italy again

what’s the biggest surprise you’ve ever had? can’t remember any

heels or flats/sneakers? sneakers

vintage or new? new

who do you want to write your obituary? my friend or boyfriend

style icon? timothée chalamet, zendaya, taylor swift

what are three things you cannot live without? iPhone/laptop, food, my friends

what’s one ingredient you put in everything? black pepper

what 3 people living or dead would you want to make dinner for? anne hathaway, taylor swift, kaya scodelario

what’s your biggest fear in life? illness/infection

window or aisle seat? window

what’s your current tv obsession? the society still, but newly atla

favorite app? discord or twitter

secret talent? cartwheels and handstands

most adventurous thing you’ve ever done in your life? 2-week trip to france after graduating high school with my high school french class and french teacher. was so great and had many new experiences there, it was lovely.

how would you define yourself in three words? introspective, understanding, obsessive

favorite piece of clothing you own? a pink and grey striped sweater

a must have clothing item that everyone should have? exercise shoes

a superpower you would want? invisibility or reading minds

what’s inspiring you in life right now? quarantine tik toks

best piece of advice you’ve received? work towards your future

best advice you’d give your teenage self? put yourself out there, people aren’t as scary as you think

a book everyone should read? harry potter series or the book thief

what would you like to be remembered for? having integrity

how do you define beauty? truthful radiant being

what do you love most about your body? hair and skin

best way to take a rest/decompress? literally sleeping, reading

favorite place to view art? museums

if your life was a song, what would the title be? towards the grand design

if you could master one instrument, what would it be? guitar

if you had a tattoo, where would it be? would literally never have a tattoo, i hate them. if i had to, i would probably hide it on my inner arm or finger

dolphins or koalas? dolphins

what’s your spirit animal? a sloth

best gift you’ve ever received? that trip to france, it was my mom’s graduation gift to me

best gift you’ve given? anything i’ve painted for someone, i once painted a watercolor fox for my friend who loves foxes

what’s your favorite board game? carcassonne

what’s your favorite color? pastel pink

least favorite color? orange or brown

diamond or pearls? pearls

drugstore makeup or designer? i don’t know what this means but since i never wear makeup i guess drugstore

blow dry or air dry? air dry

pilates or yoga? yoga

coffee or tea? tea because bubble tea

what’s the weirdest word in the english language? idk there’s a lot, maybe “gibberish”

dark chocolate or milk chocolate? dark chocolate

stairs or elevators? lol elevators, i’m lazy af

summer or winter? summer

you are stuck on an island, you can pick one food to eat forever without getting tired of it, what would you eat? apples

a dessert you don’t like? any fruit pie

a skill you’re working on mastering? time management, still

best thing to happen to you today? i finished my work at a reasonable time, so now i can play sims and do tumblr!

worst thing to happen to you today? my eyes were all dry when i woke up

best compliment you’ve ever received? i can’t think of a specific one, but i love when people make me feel valued

favorite smell? coffee or rain

hugs or kisses? hugs

if you made a documentary, what would it be about? library architecture around the world

last piece of content you consumed that made you cry? watched Survive on Quibi, starring Sophie Turner. i cried at the end

lipstick or lipgloss? lipgloss, but really lip balm cause my lips are CHAPPED

sweet or savory? savory

girl crush? phoebe tonkin, kaya scodelario, gemma chan, sophie turner, saoirse ronan, elizabeth olsen, zendaya, taylor swift

how do you know you’re in love? when you feel held by him, and he feels like home to you, instead of screaming with grief in a swedish commune

a song you can listen to on repeat? angel of small death and the codeine scene by hozier (or teenage dirtbag by wheatus lmao)

if you could switch lives with someone for a day, who would it be? spiderman or gemma chan

what are you most excited for/about this time in your life? paying off my credit card debt by working lol

tagging: @bvcks @nancybyevs and anyone who wants to do this!