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[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Books of 2024: November Wrap-Up.

Hi, y'all! I'm actually shocked that I managed to get through four (4) books this month, because it was NANO and I also WROTE A WHOLE BOOK!! The (written) book in its two notebooks is pictured beneath the pen and NaNo Earrings :)

All of these reads were NaNo-adjacent, somehow (I like to stack my reading with my writing project so all the Vibes are Correct)--either Space, or Haunted, or Fucked Up Fungi (I wrote a weird book this month)(I had a great time).

Photos and/or reviews linked:

A HALF-BUILT GARDEN - ★★★½ I enjoyed this! It was very slow and contemplative, and I was surprised by how long it took me to read (#NaNoProblems), but I'm glad I did, and Rhamnetin was a DELIGHT.

JUST LIKE HOME - ★★★★ Reread for me, holds up very well! Star rating unchanged from first time through. I actually do recommend rereading this one, knowing exactly when Daphne dies.

GRAVEYARD SHIFT - ★★★½ I enjoyed this one too! Short fun weird little insomnia romp. Love a good fucked up fungus and a motley POV crew.

THE NIGHT GUEST - ★★★★ This was DEEPLY fucked up and AMAZINGLY crafted horror/suspense, and I definitely had delayed nightmares about it. I also love a good spec fic in translation (this one's from Icelandic!). Cats are NOT safe, very graphically so, so proceed with caution if that's a warning you need.

Under the Cut: A Note About ~*★Stars★*~

Historically, I have been Very Bad™ about assigning things Star Ratings, because it's so Vibes Heavy for me and therefore Contingent Upon my Whims. (Example: I don't like that stars are Odd, because that makes three the midpoint and things are rarely so truly mid for me)(I have hacked my way around this with a ½). Here is, generally, how I conceptualize stars:

★ - This was Bad. I would actively recommend that you do NOT read this one, no redeeming qualities whatsoever, not worth the slog. Save Yourself, It's Too Late For Me. Book goes in the garbage (donate bin).

★★ - This was Not Good. I would not recommend it, but it wasn't a total waste or wash--something in here held my interest/kept my attention/sparked some joy. I will not be rereading this ever. Save Yourself (Or Join Me In Suffering, That Seems Like A Cool Bonding Activity).

★★★ - This was Good/Fine/Okay/Meh. I don't care about this enough to recommend it one way or another. Perfectly serviceable book, held my interest, I probably enjoyed myself (or at least didn't actively loathe the reading). I don't have especially strong feelings. You probably don't need to save yourself from this one--if it sounds like your jam, give it a shot! Just didn't resonate with me particularly powerfully. I probably won't reread this unless I'm after something in particular.

★★★½ - I liked this! I'll probably recommend it if I know it matches someone's vibes or specific requests, but I didn't commit to a star rating on Goodreads. More likely to reread, but not guaranteed.

★★★★ - I really enjoyed this!! I would recommend it (sometimes with caveats about content warnings or such--I tend to like weird fucked up funny shit, and I don't have many hard readerly NO's). Not a perfect book for me by any means, but Very Good. This is something I would reread! Join me!!

★★★★★ - I LOVED THE SHIT OUT OF THIS, IT REWIRED MY BRAIN, WILL RECOMMEND TO ANYONE AND EVERYONE AT THE SLIGHTEST PROVOCATION (content warning caveats still apply--see 4-star disclaimer). Excellent book, I'll reread it regularly, I'll buy copies for all my friends, I'll try to convince all of Booklr to read it, PLEASE join me!!

[doctorsiren]

love that my wardrobe had what I needed for Ford without me having to do anything

[nonbinary-arsonists]

so i heard people are making yaoi about the animation union characters...

[cloudinal]

Happy birthday, Math Man!

[fujoshiromiya]

the birth of beatrice

[attleboy]

not tadc art BUT i just realized you guys have never seen the giant ceramic lps i made in senior year of high school and i need to show her off like look at her... my darling girl... posing with the original i based her off of for size comparison

she is very obviously made by human hands [lumpy] but that is part of her charm and you cannot convince me otherwise

and since her head and body are separate, she can turn her head in all directions just like the real deal!!

okay that is all. you have seen her now back to your normal programming

[stitcherofchaos]

TBH my ‘vision’ of Maglor is more of a music nerd than any kind of drama queen fanon makes him out to be sometimes.

Like someone who just doesn’t see the political ramifications other people saw in his songs, when it really was just a good metaphor. Someone with messy hair and pulls it back without even brushing it before going to a royal festival. The geeky, melancholic version of Finrod in his own family. A Maglor so obsessed with music and words he thinks about the sheer art of the Oath’s words rather than the context within itself or what it entails. Someone who wasn’t aware of how the Noldolantë could have been taken the wrong way and didn’t even finish it before he vanished from history (or, who knows, he probably forgot to bring the lyrics written with him when the Gap burned), probably had a meltdown when he realized that he had lost it. Someone who loves music so much that, after all is finished, he fades while singing, because it was all he had left.

Someone who once had a joyful, innocent spirit which was brutally killed after he did.

[chickinu]

Happy 23rd Anniversary to Kingdom Hearts and HAPPY BIRTHDAY SORA━☆ﾟ.*

This series means so much to me and to show that.....I drew 50 Soras + the Heart Hotel peeps and my wrist hates me XD

Like seriously, I kept on finding Soras to add onto the already BEEG army and it kept going and going from the costumes, to creative liberty, to the more obscure ones.

So much passion went into this because KH is just a series that's near and dear to my heart, and Sora is without a doubt one of my favorite characters of all time~♡

And now that this little project is done, all I have to say is.....DONT LET THIS MAJORLY FLOP OK, I WORKED TOO HARD TO MAKE THIS DARN THING (jkjkjkjk just pls look at it at least, u can look at it better on my tumblr if ya want XD)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEST CHARCATER EVER MADE

(fashionably late but shhhhh and thatnks to ma friendos for keeping me sane and encouraging to finish dis)

Imma finish KH3 now, scuse me~☆

Close Ups!!!

Initial Sketch~♧

[northern-passage]

clementine

[qoldenskies]

what is it with leo that villian donnie sees him as his bully compared to raph and mikey? like is it just leo being #leo + donnie not understanding the teasing that was an effect of the hero/villain dynamic, or was it some Specific Thing leo did/does?

leo gets the most personal, generally, so it is just leo being #Leo. raph's more focused on what donnie's doing than anything else-- which is usually crime. and mikey's a lot nicer just because he finds donnie interesting, and is eventually interested in connecting to him as a family member. he can be mean to villains, but with donnie in particular he finds his tech interesting so he's more open to him!! he doesnt hold back in combat though lol

leo aims for where it hurts. he makes fun of the way he dresses, the way he talks, anything he can to fluster and rile him up because it makes him sloppy. he rubs salt in the wound when they defeat him. he'll push donnie to the point of flying into a rage and then laugh at him for acting so embarrassing and being thin-skinned. he'll joke around with the others too about him sometimes, even to the point where it feels like they're not listening to donnie's rehearsed villain speeches he was SO EXCITED TO UNVEIL and it really flusters and upsets him. its mean, but donnie's blowing shit up, i think they've moved past that lmao.

and donnie... kind of sees leo as, like,,, cool? he seems to know what he's doing, at least when it comes to how he socializes. maybe he doesnt look up to him just yet, but he does quietly want his approval and sees him as kind of the model example of what a cool person would be. so when leo criticizes him, he takes it very personally. it means he's doing something wrong.

like if he wants to be anything, it's to be cool. to be likeable and popular. especially once he starts branching out and meeting other people willing to give him a chance, he's stumbling over himself trying to play himself up and seem worth putting up with. but leo's words are a cutting reminder that he doesn't even know what acceptance looks like, and he'll never fit in anywhere, even with the only people exactly like him, and he cries himself to sleep every other night about it.

[shelter-wood]

[dilutedbeanibeans]

LIVE THE NIGHTMARE AGAIN!

some more art of my vanny cassie design!! instead of killing kids she kills adults!!! horrible gremlin murder child >:]

[cirrusskyanimations]

Some more art of the Applejack Problem Au!

[vargaslovinghours]

Say it like you mean it

[brifdi-daily]

day 153

random RFTK assortment yay #cool

[pamshindouu]

3 PRIMARY COLORS

Another piece from late 2022. This one was based on an idea I'd had all the way back in high school when I used to listen to this song nonstop...