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livinliterary · 1 year
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Books + Tea
There’s something idyllic about the imagery of being snuggled up with a good book and a steaming mug (and perhaps a few dogs). #BookishGift #EverythingBookish
If there is one thing I love as much as I love books, it is tea. There are a few things that get together as well as books and tea. There’s something idyllic about the imagery of being snuggled up with a good book and a steaming mug (and perhaps a few dogs). Is there any combination more delightful than books and tea? I would say no, though I allow for the possibility that there might be someone…
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the-forest-library · 9 months
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Bookish Holiday Haul 2023
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slaughter-books · 2 years
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Day 16: JOMPBPC: Bookish Item
I love this cup and I love this book! 💛
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gatheryepens · 1 year
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NYC book haul and me rocking a poncho.
Books featured:
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
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marketofmagic · 1 year
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Welcome to my new tumblr! My name is Weston and I own Market of Magic - a small online magical shop. I’m happy to be back on tumblr after so many years! If you like Harry Potter and anything magical, go ahead and follow and check out the link to my website in my bio!
Introduce yourself in the comments!
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areeba-paperlla · 5 months
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genieinanovel · 9 months
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Most Expensive Item I've Bought
I’m running out of bookish ideas other than TTT Topics and reviews, and since I’m too lazy to catch up on reviews right now, I’m going with one of the WordPress prompts that I have seen and kept in my back pocket for a day like this. And sometimes it’s fun to mix it up and have a non-bookish post. So here’s the prompt I’ve decided to fill out. Name the most expensive personal item you’ve ever…
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"Bookish coasters do not get enough love. When you go somewhere in your home to read, a beverage of some kind is necessary, and no one wants a ring on their furniture. So why not be completely on-theme and have a set of bookish coasters to match the occasion?"
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sandramiksaauthor · 2 years
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What to Gift to Readers? 🎁📚 (most to least expensive)
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mywritersmind · 6 days
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SAVIOR - LN4
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summary : Y/n’s favorite place has quickly become her and Lando’s shared hallway. They grow closer and finally make it to the fresh air.
OG SUMMARY (When y/n’s absent neighbor shows up, causing her great annoyance with smoke and repetitive beeping, she marches over to tell the man off but is met with a handsome face and strong hands that are in distress.)
listen up : no warnings!! y/n is clueless abt f1. lando is silly. i’m craving strawberries now.
word count : 1878
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I haul my five grocery bags into the elevator, struggling to keep them all off the ground. I sigh when I finally still in the metal box, i’ve carried these at least two blocks and one had broken on the way.
The doors are about to close but a hand slides in between them, making them automatically open for him.
Hello my hot mysterious neighbor.
He looks relieved he made it, “Y/n!” He says cheerfully, like we’ve known each other for ages. It’s been a couple weeks since I slammed on his door and stomped through his kitchen.
The other side of the hallway had been quiet until last night when I heard keys rattling and the door opening. I can’t help but wonder what he does that keeps him from home so often.
“Lando, Hi!” I smile back as he slides beside me and presses our floor.
“You need help?” He eyes the bags as I bite my lip, not wanting to bother him. I don’t have the time to respond because he takes three bags out of my hands like it’s nothing.
“Thank you.” I sigh, “I’ve been struggling for like two blocks.” He laughs a bit with me as the numbers get higher and higher.
“I’m happy to help.” We finally reach our floor, Lando watches me go first and walk to my door, unlocking it and walking in.
Lando follows hesitantly, like he doesn’t know if he’s allowed.
“Thank you again! I put myself in a bit of a bind when I decided that my friends need fifteen types of salami and cheese.” I place the bags on the counter, Lando following.
I push back my hair and suddenly wish I had cleaned up a bit more. My friends are coming over tonight and I had decided to push back my cleaning. Looking around at the clothes and old popcorn bowls scattered around makes me want to slap myself.
“Really, I like to lend a hand! I never get to be neighborly.” He shrugs.
“What do you do for work? If you don’t mind me asking?” I start placing the cold items in the freezer.
He leans against the counter, his arms holding him up and looking alarmingly fit, “Uh… You ever follow Formula 1?”
I nod, “Kinda? I used to love it!” My mom and I would watch every sunday but I stopped in college so I don’t know any of the current grid, “So you work in the sport! That’s cool, pretty hands on?” I ask as he laughs a bit, looking awkward.
“Yeah, I work with the cars.” He looks around my place a bit, “So, why does one need this much food? I’m judging or anything it’s just… You don’t seem like the type to need a jumbo sized pretzel bag.”
I smile and snatch the bag from him, “I could definitely eat all of this by the way! But I'm having a bit of a party tonight. If anything’s too loud just let me know! It’s just old friends from college- actually.” I look up at him, a boost of confidence appearing in me, “You could join us. If you’re not busy.”
It suddenly sounds like a ridiculously stupid idea. I turn back to the fridge, placing a bottle of lemonade in it and cringing.
“I would love to.” I let out a sigh of relief, “But I've got plans…” I frown and turn back to him, finally putting away the last of my groceries.
“Aw.”
“It’s really nice of you to invite me.” I smile, a bit sad and confused why I'm disappointed. I mean I barely know the man. “What do you do for work?”
I lean against the counter so I'm across from him, “I’m a writer. Journalism right now but I really want to take a more bookish route…”
He genuinely looks so intrigued, more interested than anyone else who I've told I write articles about neighborhood drama.
He checks his watch, which I'm now realizing is incredibly expensive, and swears, “I gotta go. Have fun with your party tonight.”
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I definitely do have fun. My friends and I eat, drink, and play board games just like we’re back in dorms. I’m seeing my last and closest friend off when Lando comes up the hallway, As my friend's eyes go wide when she sees him, I shake my head.
“Goodbye!” I push her out of my apartment, “Love you!”
“Yeah love you too! Text me!” She walks past Lando, nodding at him before she turns behind his back and mouths ‘he’s hot’.
I roll my eyes at her, a smile still on my face as Lando looks at me. He’s in a full suit, holding his blazer in his hand.
“Fun time then?” God he’s hot!
“Absolutely!” I giggle, a bit tipsy, “How about you then?” I eye his suit.
“As good as I could make it.”
I slap my hand over my mouth, “God you aren’t coming from a funeral then, are you?”
He laughs at this, “No! No. A work banquet thing.”
I giggle a bit as he turns to his door, “Hey!” I say without thinking, “Would you want to come in? I have wine.”
He’s sitting on my couch thirty minutes later, a glass deep and talking about where he’s traveled too.
“That’s my dream!” I say, my feet tucked under myself as I tilt my head on the couch cushions, “Traveling. I mean- You’ve been everywhere!”
He shrugs, sipping his wine, his tie undone and shoes off, “It’s amazing but I'm not there for long so I don’t usually get to sightsee much. Honestly the most interesting thing that’s happened to me recently is this pretty girl came to save my baking disaster.”
I hum to his words, blushing a bit, “Sounds like a hero if i’ve ever heard one.” We both go silent, taking pieces of my leftover charcuterie board. “Should I start watching F1?”
“No!” He says it so quick that i’m taken aback.
“No?”
He laughs a bit, shaking it off, “It’s boring. I can’t have someone else in my life talk about it.”
I spin my wine around in the glass, “So I'm someone in your life now?”
He smirks, “We’re friends, aren’t we?”
I pretend to contemplate this, “I’ve never had a friend who hasn’t gone to the strawberry market with me.”
He makes an odd face, “So we must go then.”
I sigh, “If you want to be my friend…”
The corner of his mouth pulls, “Tomorrow at 9?”
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He’s at my door at 9:12. Thank god he’s late because I hop over to the door, pulling on my shoe and pulling down my jean skirt.
I open the door and stand up straight, smiling breathlessly. He, of course, looks perfect in jeans and an olive green shirt, “Morning.”
“Ready to taste the best strawberries you’ve ever had?” I grab my bag and keys.
“So ready.”
We make it to the market just on time. It’s my favorite neighborhood gem. Every Sunday people gather with strawberries. There are big and small, some covered in chocolate and some in honey.
I buy a box of chocolate ones, well Lando does. He insists that he still owes me. Handing one to Lando with an extra fork, he bites into it, his eyes roll, “Fucking hell.” I nod, excited that he likes them as much as I do.
“My favorite treat! Something you can’t burn your house down with.” I eye him and he eyes me right back. Being with Lando is like a breath of fresh air. I’ve never been so confident in my social skills.
He laughs with a shop owner as he buys his pack of plain strawberries. He's so nice and just listens politely as the woman goes on and on about her childhood on a strawberry farm.
He gives her a bigger bill than necessary and as she insists it’s too much, he just shakes his head and continues walking.
We settle at a park bench nearby, tasting all the pieces we’ve bought, “This is genuinely phenomenal.” He says while eating another, “How’d you find this place?”
“Had to write about something local and had total writers block… I was walking around one day and just sort of stumbled upon it.”
He smiles, I really like this smile. “You seem like the type to just stumble upon a strawberry market.”
I laugh, covering my mouth, “What does that even mean?”
“You’re just so…” His hands make these weird gestures, his fingers moving around as he laughs and gives up, “It just fits.”
I smile, meeting his eyes. They're so nice, a mix of blue and green. His gaze washes over me and I feel the need to smile even more.
“You’ve got nice eyes.” My stomach twists as he says it so calmly, “Real pretty.” I feel a blush on my cheeks and I turn away from him, looking at the park near us and being startled by the child looking up at us.
Lando follows my gaze, mumbling softly, “Shit.”
“Hi.” The kid says awestruck, I look to Lando who’s smiling and sitting up straighter. “Um- Are you Lando Norris?”
Lando scratches the back of his neck, “Yeah I am! What's your name?”
“W-William!” He says, swallowing and pulling a pen from behind his back, “Could you sign this?” I glance to what looks like his mother, she’s watching him with a smile.
Lando simply nods and takes the cap from his head, its bright orange. He signs his name and messes up the kid's hair, “Thanks a lot! My friends’ll never believe it!” The boy squeals and runs back to his mom who waves slightly and takes the boy's hand.
I raise a brow at Lando, still confused, “I’m sorry…” He looks embarrassed but I don’t even know what for.
“I’m going to assume you didn’t tell me the whole truth in what your job is?”
His cheeks get a bit red, “I do work with the cars… Just really close. Like I’m in them. One specifically.”
I nod, “Yours?”
“Mine.” He crosses his arms, his lips in a thin line, “I drive for McLaren.” I breathe out.
“Oh.” I can’t help but think I have a type because I grew up with Jenson Button posters on my wall.
He runs a hand through his curls, “I don’t usually get recognized around here- Thought we would be okay.”
“We are okay!” I reassure him, realizing he’s actually embarrassed, “That was sweet.”
He looks up hopefully, “You think? I’m sorry for lying- I just really liked that you didn’t know who I am or what I do.”
“Well, I sort of still don't. I know your full name now, that’s about it.” He smiles at this, I bite into another strawberry.
“Do you want to go out with me?”
He is yet to say something I'm not shocked at.
“Yeah.” I nod, smiling at him as he grins, “I’d really like that. Don’t you have to race soon though…? Singapore, isn’t it?”
The smirk that pulls at his lips is just plain mischievous, “I never said the date would be here.”
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i shouldn’t have access to adult money but here i am :)))
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familyvideostevie · 5 months
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if anyone is looking for donation resources for Palestine, an irl friend of mine is helping run the Gaza Evacuation Fund Book Auction.
check out the auction items if you’d like (lots of books, opportunities for writers to receive feedback on manuscripts, bookish merch, etc) but most importantly they have a comprehensive document of individual donation points and evacuation funds whether or not you bid. it’s just one of many such resources but I figured it might be of interest to some of you!
The Instagram account is linked above and here is a direct link to the spreadsheet. Do what you can if you’re able.
I know that the situation on the ground is changing rapidly — the crossing closing, Israel moving on Rafah — and the window for those of us on the outside to help is narrow. But I believe that we must continue to fight and witness and talk about Palestine. and monetary support can go a long way!
TLDR, free Palestine.
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spacebarbarianweird · 10 months
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astarion with wizard!tav
Oh, this one is tricky! Never played a wizard (I am too dumb for this class) and I hope I haven't dissapointed you!
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You are this bookish person who rarely goes out.
Like, you left home for once, and look what happened! You were kidnapped and got a tadpole in your brains!
You are smart, intelligent, and know a lot of things. Spells, history, religion, and some weird facts are suitable only for quizzes.
Astarion loves listening to you - he's missed a lot of things within those 200 years, and you help him to catch up.
What do you mean there was a Spellplague? And magic stopped working for a whole decade? And the Time of Troubles when some gods ceased existing?
And you somehow know more about elves and vampires than he does.
"I've read the older vampire is, the longer they can spend in the sunlight. Ancient vampires are almost immune", you once casually told him, and this glimpse of hope stuck with him for a long time.
You aren't social - moreover, you absolutely cannot survive in social situations.
And you were oblivious to Astarion's flirting - like none of his seductive words worked on you. You just didn't get them.
But in the meantime, Astarion started appreciating it. Old habits die slowly, so when he sometimes slips back into all "seduce and fuck" things, it just doesn't work on you.
You know a lot of spells, and you are ready to use them. "Silence" during sex not to attract unnecessary attention. "Darkness" to protect Astarion from sunshine. "Protection From Evil and Good," which helps from inner demons as well as real ones.
But sometimes, you overstep Astarion's boundaries because you think you can help him.
Once, you used telepathy to console Astarion, only to hurt him by violating his mind.
"The only thing that was left intact was my mind, and you decided to get in there!" he yelled at you and disappeared for a few long months while you stayed alone in the wizard tower with only books as a company.
He returned. Of course, he did. But he wanted an apology, which you gave him, and the promise to ask about spells to use on him.
You have a shared love for books and a vast library where you read together and discuss things you've just learned.
You are looking for clues to cure his vampirism or, at least, give him the ability to walk in the sun.
There must be something! Something in this hellish amount of books.
Astarion isn't excited. He knows you are ambitious and need to know when to stop.
And there are too many stories of wizards who lost control of their powers and knowledge.
Besides, some artifacts and spells cost too much for the wizard, and he just wants you to avoid risking yourself for him.
After all, in your relations, he is a hero.
He is stronger and a better fighter.
He is street-smart; meanwhile, you are obviously book-smart.
So he knows how to survive.
And if strange visitors want something from you, beware your husband, who will sit them down and question them like a professional interrogator.
If you need a specific magic item - just say. Astarion will bring it. Just don't ask where he got it and how.
"Blood? What blood? Oh, that blood!"
He loves giving you things - books, primarily, but he also wants to ensure you have other things that bring you comfort, like a delicate shirt or a dress. Or a wizard hat.
And you return the favor. Astarion has a fire-enchanted blanket, which is warm on its own, and a darkness cape that allows him to walk in the daylight for a few hours until the spell weakens.
And, of course, the reflection spell. Now, Astarion knows how he looks.
When Astarion is an absolute mess and tells you he feels like drowning, you conjure the spell and let him look at himself, which helps him feel the ground again.
You are easily wounded in a fight - and he does everything to protect you.
"You body is a fragile vessel of fine potion," he jokingly says.
But he always worries sick - especially when your wounds are of magic origin.
He just doesn't understand what is happening to you, and it makes him sick.
Of course, there is Gale to ask for help from, but he soon realizes that the two wizard nerds aren't as powerful as they think.
Books. You read "useful" ones on magic, history, and others. You have never had time to read for fun!
So Astarion starts bringing you fiction novels. Some stupid adventure stories or straightforward erotica.
Initially, you were hesitant - you aren't used to spending time on nonsense.
But later, you found yourself enjoying a series of novels about the adventures of treasure hunters in the deserts of Halrua.
And love stories. You are absolutely lost in them, especially if they are somewhat spicy.
But you don't want to read yourself - you need Astarion's voice to narrate them!
Astarion mocks you often, but you know that behind your back, he can't shut up about you.
He admires your abilities, your skills, and your intelligence.
In his eyes, you are the most powerful wizard the world has ever seen.
And he makes sure you follow your routine.
Because, of course, you fall asleep on your books and forget to eat or change your clothes
So Astarion takes this role of a "caregiver" - he makes sure you eat regularly, get enough sleep hours (even if he has to drag you to bed against your will), always have a fresh set of clothes, and don't forget to walk at least once a day.
"No, please, one more chapter, I am almost done!"
But no objections - this fantastic brain of yours needs some rest.
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slaughter-books · 11 months
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Day 16: JOMPBPC: Bookish Item
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Word List: Book
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beautiful words with "book" to try to include in your poem/story
Bookbag - a bag or sack (such as a knapsack) often with a handle or strap that is used for holding books and other items
Bookbinding - the art or trade of binding books
Bookend - a support placed at the end of a row of books
Bookery - archaic: library; bookstore
Booketeria - a self-service bookstore
Bookish - fond of books and reading; inclined to rely on book knowledge
Bookless - without books; having no books; unlearned, unscholarly
Booklist - a reading list of books having some unifying feature
Booklore - book learning
Bookplate - a book owner's identification label that is usually pasted to the inside front cover of a book
Booksy - affectedly or pretentiously intellectual
Bookwork - the manufacture of books as distinct from newspaper or magazine printing or from job work; work that involves the use of books
Bookworm - a person unusually devoted to reading and study
Daybook - diary, journal
Matchbook - a small folder containing rows of paper matches
Nonbook - being something other than a book
If any of these words make their way into your next poem/story, please tag me, or leave a link in the replies. I would love to read them!
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musclefantasytf · 9 months
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mysterious package
Luke had always been a scrawny, bookish guy. He spent most of his time studying and working on his computer, rarely ever leaving his house except for school and occasional trips to the library. So when he received a mysterious package with his name on it, he was both confused and intrigued. He had no idea who could have sent him something, but he felt a thrill of excitement as he tore open the package.
Inside was a jockstrap with a note attached that simply said, 'Enjoy the trip.' Luke furrowed his brow in confusion. What trip? He wasn't going on any trips anytime soon. And what did this jockstrap have to do with it? He shrugged and tossed the box onto his bed, planning to deal with it later. But as he continued working on his computer, he couldn't help but be drawn to the mysterious item. With a shrug, he grabbed it from his bed and headed to his bathroom to see what it looked like on him.
As he pulled on the jockstrap, he couldn't help but notice how it hugged his body perfectly, enhancing his slim frame and making him feel surprisingly confident. He checked himself out in the mirror, posing seriously as if he had large muscles. He couldn't help but feel a little silly, but also a little envious of the image staring back at him.
But just as he was about to take off the jockstrap and toss it back onto his bed, he felt a sudden pressure building inside his body. He looked down in surprise as he watched his dick grow in size and thickness. Not only that, but his balls were expanding as well, almost the size of oranges. He couldn't believe his eyes as his body began to change and grow in front of the mirror.
His muscles began to bulge and swell, slowly at first but then picking up pace. He watched in awe as a sexy layer of hair began to appear on his chest, making a happy trail that led down towards his now impressive package. He couldn't believe what was happening, but he couldn't deny the surge of pleasure and power he felt coursing through his body.
As his balls continued to grow, releasing more and more testosterone, Luke couldn't resist the urge to run his hands all over his new, manly body. He felt like a new person, full of raw masculinity and vigor. He couldn't control his urges as he grabbed his thick dick and began to stroke himself, feeling like he was on top of the world.
And just like that, he exploded with a force he had never experienced before. Thick ropes of cum covered his body and splattered across the bathroom walls and floor. He couldn't help but let out a deep, primal roar as he reveled in his newfound masculinity and sexual prowess.
As he caught his breath and looked around the now messy bathroom, Luke couldn't believe what had just happened. But he knew one thing for sure, he was no longer the scrawny, bookish guy he used to be. He was now a confident, strong man with a wild side he couldn't wait to explore. And he had a feeling this mysterious jockstrap it was the trip that the note said.
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