#books i read in january

[nerdynatreads]

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recent reads || I Hated Re-Reading -- Recent Reads 002 || December & January Reads

A new recent reads is up on my channel! Mostly filled with my rereads, all of which I had a blast annotating, and all holding up to my first read through. Apart from these, I’ve got a few new reads that I reviewed as well, including:

Nomen Omen Vol 2 & 3 by Marco Bucci

Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth

What was your most recent read?

[wiltkingart]

Asche and Vindt from Ocean's Blood by Thelma Mantey

[why-the-heck-not]

I’ve noticed that whenever I have to write anything, the amount of caffeine I drink pretty much doubles, so I think this spring semester is going to be the end of me actually (lots of writing)

[isbergillustration]

Something something becoming a city

[nathsketch]

Happy belated birthday to the Master! Forever bringing us joy and taking us to the most incredible realms!

Thank you, sir. 🍃🏹

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[medievalthymes]

the ass quest mountain crew is like if the scooby doo gang was doomed by the narrative

you got:

1. depressed himbo and his talking animal companion

2. everyone’s favourite funky (gnc) guy

3. the literal queen

4. coming to you live from jhaampe, interview with the witted bastard, news reporter: starling birdsong

5. a 300 year old lady fed up with all of them

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Replenishing the Nonfiction Stack; or, We're Calling the Book Buying Ban a Wash, Officially.

I am not, apparently, immune to coupons for niche nonfiction that's directly up my alley (octopus minds and RUSSIAN OWLS, hello??? Thanks, bookshop!).

I thought perhaps the BURGLAR'S GUIDE would also be covered under said coupon, since it was publisher-specific (alas: it was Not, but we might as well bundle for shipping purposes). And then while I was shopping IRL for gifties I found a copy of ROOM, which has been on my list for...ever? So! Hopefully these will hold me over on the nonfiction front for a minute!

[anthropoetics]

uni, working and living in a big city genuinely took all of my hobbies away :( i miss being in this silly little website and read poetry

[starburstsobsessions]

Can you even fucking believe they met in a bar and halt saved his life dramatically. This is so low quality LMAO

[cauls-antique-pepperbox-pistol]

Here to let you know that The Conference of The Birds came out 4 years ago today

You feel old yet

[sneez]

gwynplaine and dea through the seasons [id under cut]

id: a seven-panel digital comic in a watercolour style showing gwynplaine and dea from the man who laughs together in various natural scenes. on each panel is a stanza from the simon & garfunkel song 'april come she will'.

the first panel reads 'April, come she will / When streams are ripe and swelled with rain'. it shows a young gwynplaine and dea running after the caravan in a sunny spring rain shower; gwynplaine is covering dea's head with his coat.

the second panel reads 'May, she will stay / Resting in my arms again'. it shows gwynplaine and dea lying on a sunny hillside, their faces obscured by daffodils in the foreground.

the third panel reads 'June, she'll change her tune / In restless walks she'll prowl the night'. it shows gwynplaine and dea silhouetted against a field in the evening light; gwynplaine has his hand raised to shield his face.

the fourth panel reads 'July, she will fly / And give no warning to her flight'. it shows gwynplaine and dea sitting together in the door of the caravan as the sun sets, with hills receding into the background.

the fifth panel reads 'August, die she must / The autumn winds blow chilly and cold'. it shows a desolate snowy landscape, in the centre of which the child gwynplaine kneels beside the vague shape of a body in the snow and reaches out to the baby dea.

the sixth panel reads 'September, I'll remember / A love once new has now …' it shows gwynplaine and dea sleeping together in a warmly-lit room; dea has her head on gwynplaine's chest, and his face is turned towards her. his hand is resting on hers.

the seventh panel reads '… grown old'. it is a close-up of their hands from the previous panel. end id.

[why-the-heck-not]

making a new yearly bullet journal spread is serious business (I drew 72 mini calendar grids and my hand cramped)

[a-ramblinrose]

“A few years before, Anne Elliot had been a very pretty girl, but her bloom had vanished early; and as even in its height, her father had found little to admire in her, (so totally different were her delicate features and mild dark eyes from his own), there could be nothing in them, now that she was faded and thin, to excite his esteem. He had never indulged much hope, he had now none, of ever reading her name in any other page of his favourite work.”

― Jane Austen, Persuasion

[dragonsarecats]

my personal love letter to adam parrish <3

[hayabs]

It is your voice that is likely to reach people who have not considered what Palestinian occupation really means. And realistically, it is your solidarity that can help shift public opinion in the west.

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Book recommendation: The Palestine Laboratory