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sapphicsecrecy · 4 years

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sapphicsecrecy's favorite books!

hi! today I thought I'd give a quick summary of my favorite books as a way for you to get to know me better and maybe find something of interest. let me know how you felt about any of these! I'd love to talk about them.

1. the secret history by donna tartt

yep, no surprise here. richard papen, in a twist of fate, is thrust into an elite group of college students who find themselves spiraling into a dionysian madness of sorts. complete with relentless male gaze, drunk shenanigans, and a bacchanal gone awry. engaging, gorgeous writing, with a fascinating cast of characters.

2. coraline by neil gaiman

for me, this is a childhood favorite, both in film and book form. young coraline jones stumbles upon a small door in her family's new flat, which leads to an identical flat, except everything seems better. that is, until it's not. charming, unsettling in the best way possible, and one of my favorite fictional worlds.

3. alice in wonderland by lewis carroll

okay, okay, another childhood favorite. curious alice, chasing a peculiar white rabbit, stumbles down a rabbit hole headfirst into a world of absolute madness. alice in wonderland has my favorite imagery of any franchise (playing cards, flowers with heads, tea time, living chess pieces, etc). classic and whimsical.

4. house of leaves by mark z. danielewski

to avoid giving too much away, the basic premise of the story is that a young family moves into their new home on ash street, and find that the house is bigger on the inside than on the outside. a semiotician's dream, and a book that genuinely navigates like a labyrinth.

5. vicious by v.e. schwab

different from my standard tastes, but a bit of a staple in the dark academia community. vicious is about victor and eli, two brilliant former friends seeking revenge against one another for the follies of their youth, and the events that secured their extraordinary powers. an abundance of moral ambiguity and existential crisis wrapped in an adult fantasy. also an adorable found family.

6. lost boy: the true story of captain hook by christina henry

a retelling of the classic tale of peter pan, in which jamie, our main character, becomes peter's best friend, and eventually his greatest enemy. there's a delightful cast of characters here, with just enough of the macabre to stand out against other retellings. peter is the chilling villain in this part "lord of the flies" and part coming-of-age story. engaging and appropriately brutal.

7. the wasp factory by iain banks

I was careful not to label the list as recommendations, and this book was the main reason why. meet 16-year-old frank, a troubled and likely sociopathic boy who spends his days wreaking brutal havoc on local wildlife, receiving frightening calls from his older brother who has broken out of a psychiatric hospital, and falling into obsessive, meticulous patterns to cope with it all. not for the light of heart, but wry, sardonic, and frustratingly endearing in its tone.

8. the song of achilles by madeline miller

another retelling, this time centered around the lives of patroclus and achilles up until the trojan war. the writing in this book is dazzling, with a great mlm relationship. in classic homer fashion, it is a tragic and moving depiction of two iconic greek figures. I cried like,, four times while reading this. also a dark academia must.

#books #favorite books #book recommendations #but not really #id reccomend any of these except the wasp factory honestly #dark academia #dark academia recs #dark academic #song of achilles #alice in wonderland #the wasp factory #house of leaves #the secret history #vicious #lost boy: the true story of captain hook #coraline #bookblr #bibliophile

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doubleattitude · 3 years

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JUMP Dance Convention, Baltimore, MD: RESULTS

High Scores by Age:

JUMPstart Solo:

1st: Natalie McCue-’In Your Head’

2nd: Ja’Khari May-’Kiss Kiss’

3rd: Parker Zaicko-’Dreams to Dream’

3rd: Sadie Cuiksa-’Pony Tail’

4th: Vivien Wease-’Here Comes The Sun’

5th: Harlin Davis-’Working Day and Night’

6th: Hadley Everson-’Confident’

7th: Zooey DeYoe-’Whip It’

8th: Isabelle Glanville-’Her Dream’

Mini Solo

1st: Ellie Melchior-’Function’

1st: Kya Massimino-’I Go Crazy’

1st: Barrett Robison-’Ping’

2nd: Camryn Studebaker-’When Everything Fades’

3rd: Katherine Khait-’Aura’

3rd: Lily Planck-’She’s A Lady’

4th: Arabella Keller-’Marathon’

4th: Mya Fernandez-’What A Wonderful World’

5th: Santiago Sosa-’Becoming’

6th: Melania Khait-’I Dreamed A Dream’

7th: Kendal Llaneza-’Come and Get Your Love’

8th: Parker Adair-’New Attitude’

8th: Farrah Long-’Say Something’

9th: Marina Snyder-’Big Time’

10th: Alex Wisniewski-’Carry You’

10th: Addison Bleicher-’Growing Pains’

10th: Lyla Norby-’Little Bird’

10th: Charlotte Hale-’The Little Ballerina’

Junior Solo

1st: Ava D’Ambrosio-’Remembrance’

1st: Cameron Voorhees-’Unplug’

2nd: Emmeline Gerardi-’In The Middle of This Nowhere’

3rd: Kate Riordan-’Absence’

3rd: Xyla Maddox-’Ain’t No Sunshine’

3rd: Ava Buckhalt-’Time After Time’

4th: Mariah Barbee-’Creation’

5th: Nadia Wilde-’Goodmorning Midnight’

5th: Nadia Gift-’Hound Dog’

5th: Francesa O’Brien-’The Stars’

6th: Scarlet Sperry-’In Roses’

6th: Addison Cullather-’Tangent’

7th: Lexi Pawelchak-’Red Violin’

7th: Natalie Hoffman-’She Remembers’

7th: Ava Leahey-’The White Light’

8th: Gabrielle Schetelich-’I Am Your Shadow’

8th: Daniella Sanchez-’Pulse’

8th: Lyla Ferguson-’Sincerely Jane’

8th: Bella Rose Penrose-’Spine’

9th: Luna Powell-’1977′

9th: Braelyn Ramseyer-’Clumsy’

9th: Evie Parish-’Fireflies’

9th: Chloe Hyatt-’Smokey Taboo’

10th: Camdyn Fry-’Arch Angel’

10th: Meriko King-’Dirty Diana’

10th: Madeline Anderson-’Eternally Yours’

10th: Sadie Ruane-’I Feel For You’

10th: Brooke Marshall-’Maybe We’ll See’

Teen Solo

1st: Ellen Grace Olansen-’Ghost’

2nd: Hannah Sullivan-’Exhale’

2nd: Ava Wease-’My Future’

2nd: Natalia Wazio-’The Gift’

3rd: Makenzie Hill-’Gimme All Your Love’

4th: Maddy Collins-’Distortion’

4th: Kennedi Washington-’Epilogue’

5th: Ava Carroll-’Are You Sure’

5th: Ayla Flowers-’The Waiting Room’

6th: Madison Marshall-’Icon’

6th: Elyse Wingertsahn-’Love Me Tender’

6th: Gillian Gordon-’Ungathered’

7th: Toryn Hester-’Freak On’

7th: Ava Paliotta-’I Would Give My Breath Away’

7th: Taylor Fry-’Moonlight’

7th: Logan Speer-’Tripped Out Slim’

8th: Victoria Reith-’Departures’

8th: Madelyn Beckman-’Vow’

8th: Nyah Lastrapes-’We Never Saw It Coming’

8th: Ava Raucci-’When Things Fall Apart’

9th: Shay Kaminski-’Love and Respect’

9th: Kate Petrilli-’Neglected Space’

10th: Lily Shirley-’Aloha Friday’

10th: Olivia Schetelich-’Elegy’

10th: Renee Bergeron-’Inside’

10th: Julissa Ortiz-’Never Knock’

10th: Olivia Bowman-’Valis’

Senior Solo

1st: Caden Hunter-’Bionic’

1st: Kayla Mak-’Tuesday’

2nd: Gionna D’Alessandro-’Wish You Were Here’

3rd: Emma Cook-’Unputdownable’

4th: Kylie Chamberlain-’For All We Know’

4th: Angelina Velardi-’Mercy’

4th: Paloma Santos-’My Baby Shot Me Down’

5th: Savannah Quiner-’Escape’

5th: Carly Futrick-’Seduces Me’

5th: Annalise Hofman-’She Comes and Goes’

5th: John Chappell-’Shell’

6th: Cassidy Reigel-’16 Tons’

6th: Raegan Himmelwright-’At Your Doorstep’

6th: Wesley Cloud-’Don’t Leave Me Now’

6th: Emma Simons-’Lilac Wine’

6th: Melina Dalton-’Mangos’

6th: Bayler Glenn-’Undertow’

6th: Brianna Brickerd-’We Were Sparkling’

7th: Sophie Verrecchia-’Passing Memory’

7th: Bethany Grzymala-’Wrong Direction’

8th: Yana Sologub-’A New Day’

8th: Cailey Solano-’Before My Time’

8th: Rayna Tyler-’Embraceable You’

8th: Annie Adams-’Lady’

8th: Lauren Mendes-’Machina’

9th: Breanna Ottinger-’Par Amour’

9th: Samantha Zgombic-’Woah’

10th: Taylor Mitcham-’Faith’

10th: Brooke Manchester-’Go’

JUMPstart Duo/Trio

1st: Valley Dance Theatre-’Together’

Mini Duo/Trio

1st: C-Unit Studio-’Rich Girls’

2nd: C-Unit Studio-’Rainbow’

3rd: C-Unit Studio-’Knock On Wood’

Junior Duo/Trio

1st: Turning Pointe Dance Academy-’Moonlight’

2nd: SI Dance LLC-’Small Leaf’

3rd: Turning Pointe Dance Academy-’Nightmare’

Teen Duo/Trio

1st: RPM Dance-’I Wish’

2nd: RPM Dance-’Friends’

3rd: Valley Dance Theatre-’MAY’

Senior Duo/Trio

1st: Prestige Academy of Dance-’New York is A Desert’

2nd: Savage Dance Company-’Fade Into You’

3rd: PowerUp Dance Center-’The Wisp Sings’

JUMPstart Group

1st: ZD Dance Academy-’Tutti Frutti’

2nd: ZD Dance Academy-’Who Let The Frogs Out’

Mini Group

1st: Encore Studio-’Uptown Girl’

2nd: Encore Studio-’Windowdipper’

3rd: C-Unit Studio-’On Fire’

Junior Group

1st: C-Unit Studio-’Bugaboo’

2nd: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy-’Song For A Friend’

3rd: C-Unit Studio-’Funkytown’

Teen Group

1st: Encore Studio-’Kinjabang’

2nd: Valley Dance Theatre-’Arms Outstretched’

3rd: PowerUp Dance Center-’Cessation’

3rd: C-Unit Studio-’Ladies’

Senior Group

1st: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy-’Fade’

2nd: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy-’I Feel Pretty Perplexed’

3rd: C-Unit Studio-’At 17, 20 & 27′

JUMPstart Line

1st: Encore Studio-’Conga’

Mini Line

1st: Encore Studio-’Truth’

2nd: Valley Dance Theatre-’Ease On Down’

Junior Line

1st: Encore Studio-’Turn to Stone’

2nd: Turning Pointe Dance Academy-’Seasons’

3rd: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy-’We Get’s Up’

Teen Line

1st: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy-’Mack the Knife’

2nd: C-Unit Studio-’Gimmie Dat’

3rd: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy-’House of Sails’

Senior Line

1st: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy-’After Dark’

2nd: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy-’Maybe It’s Just Me’

JUMPstart Extended Line

1st: ZD Dance Academy-’At The Playground’

Mini Extended Line

1st: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy-’I Just Wanna Be Happy’

2nd: Encore Studio-’Vibeology’

Junior Extended Line

1st: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy-’My Dearest Friend’

2nd: Encore Studio-’Ice Me Out’

Teen Extended Line

1st: C-Unit Studio-’Love Shack’

1st: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy-’Vibeology’

2nd: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy-’Still’

3rd: C-Unit Studio-’Wanted’

Teen Production

1st: Encore Studio-’Cardi’

2nd: RPM Dance-’Once On This Island’

High Scores by Performance Division:

JUMPstart Jazz

1st: Encore Studio-’Conga’

JUMPstart Hip-Hop

1st: ZD Dance Academy-’At The Playground’

JUMPstart Tap

1st: ZD Dance Academy-’Tutti Frutti’

JUMPstart Acro

1st: ZD Dance Academy-’Who Let The Frogs Out’

Mini Jazz

1st: Encore Studio-’Uptown Girl’ 2nd: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy-’I Just Wanna Be Happy’ 3rd: Encore Studio-’Vibeology’

Mini Hip-Hop

1st: C-Unit Studio-’On Fire’ 2nd: RPM Dance-’Unity’

Mini Tap

1st: RPM Dance-’Sunday Best’ 2nd: C-Unit Studio-’Happy’

Mini Contemporary

1st: Encore Studio-’Windowdipper’ 2nd: Encore Studio-’Truth’

Mini Musical Theatre

1st: Valley Dance Theatre-’Ease on Down’

Junior Jazz

1st: C-Unit Studio-’Funkytown’ 2nd: Encore Studio-’It’s About That Walk’ 3rd: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy-’We Get’s Up’

Junior Ballet

1st: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy-’Springtime Waltz’ 2nd: Turning Pointe Dance Academy-’Andante Affetuoso’

Junior Hip-Hop

1st: Encore Studio-’Ice Me Out’ 1st: C-Unit Studio-’Bugaboo’ 2nd: DanceWorx Dance Company-’Flawless’

Junior Tap

1st: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy-’My Dearest Friend’ 2nd: C-Unit Studio-’Love’

Junior Contemporary

1st: Encore Studio-’Turn to Stone’ 2nd: Turning Pointe Dance Academy-’Hound Dog’ 2nd: C-Unit Studio-’Rowboats’ 3rd: Turning Pointe Dance Academy-’Summer’

Junior Lyrical

1st: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy-’Song For A Friend’ 2nd: Turning Pointe Dance Academy-’Seasons’ 3rd: Turning Pointe Dance Academy-’I Will Always Love You’

Teen Jazz

1st: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy-’Vibeology’ 1st: C-Unit Studio-’Love Shack’ 2nd: Encore Studio-’Just Say’ 3rd: Encore Studio-’Shake and Pop’ 3rd: C-Unit Studio-’Ladies’

Teen Ballet

1st: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy-’Apres Minuit’

Teen Hip-Hop

1st: C-Unit Studio-’Gimmie Dat’ 2nd: C-Unit Studio-’Wanted’ 3rd: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy-’Tell ‘Em’ 3rd: Encore Studio-’Yikes’

Teen Tap

1st: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy-’House of Sails’ 2nd: Encore Studio-’Cardi’ 3rd: RPM Dance-’Only A Fool’

Teen Contemporary

1st: Encore Studio-’Kinjabang’ 2nd: Valley Dance Theatre-’Arms Outstretched’ 2nd: Encore Studio-’Sadness’ 3rd: Turning Pointe Dance Academy-’Eleanor Rigby’ 3rd: Encore Studio-’Awake’ 3rd: PowerUp Dance Center-’Cessation’

Teen Lyrical

1st: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy-’Still’ 2nd: Turning Pointe Dance Academy-’Vienna’ 3rd: Turning Pointe Dance Academy-’Jolene’

Teen Musical Theatre

1st: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy-’Mack the Knife’ 2nd: RPM Dance-’Hamilton’ 3rd: RPM Dance-’Once On This Island’

Teen Specialty

1st: C-Unit Studio-’Rhapsody In Black and White’ 2nd: Turning Pointe Dance Academy-’My Way’ 3rd: Turning Pointe Dance Academy-’Ghostbusters’

Senior Jazz

1st: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy-’Fade’ 1st: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy-’Maybe It’s Just Me’ 2nd: RPM Dance-’Trust’ 3rd: Show Tyme Academy-’What Kind of Man’

Senior Tap

1st: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy-’I Feel Pretty Perplexed’ 2nd: C-Unit Studio-’Don’t Stop Me Now’ 3rd: Ovations Studios-’Lean On’

Senior Contemporary

1st: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy-’After Dark’ 2nd: C-Unit Studio-’At 17, 20 & 27′ 3rd: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy-’All Those Things You Told Me To Wait For’

Senior Specialty

1st: Show Tyme Academy-’Only An Expert’ 2nd: DanceWorx Dance Company-’Dream State’

Best of JUMP:

JUMPstart

ZD Dance Academy-’At The Playground’

Encore Studio-’Conga’

Mini

C-Unit Studio-’On Fire’

Denise Wall’s Dance Energy-’I Just Wanna Be Happy’

Encore Studio-’Uptown Girl’

Junior

C-Unit Studio-’Bugaboo’

Encore Studio-’Ice Me Out’

Denise Wall’s Dance Energy-’My Dearest Friend’

Turning Pointe Dance Academy-’Seasons’

Teen

Denise Wall’s Dance Energy-’Mack the Knife’

Encore Studio-’Kinjabang’

Valley Dance Theatre-’Arms Outstretched’

PowerUp Dance Center-’Cessation’

RPM Dance-’Hamilton’

Turning Pointe Dance Academy-’Eleanor Rigby’

C-Unit Studio-’Gimmie Dat’

Senior

C-Unit Studio-’At 17, 20 & 27′

Denise Wall’s Dance Energy-’After Dark’

Best In Studio:

Turning Pointe Dance Academy-’Eleanor Rigby’

C-Unit Studio-’Gimmie Dat’

DanceWorx Dance Company-’Dear Anxiety’

Denise Wall’s Dance Energy-’After Dark’

Encore Studio-’Uptown Girl’

RPM Dance-’Hamilton’

Show Tyme Academy-’What Kind of Man’

#2021 #dance #jump #baltimore #maryland

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local-femme-gentleman · 5 years

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rom-com recommendations #1

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1. Flipped Directed by Rob Reiner, starring Callan McAuliffe and Madeline Carrol

I may be slightly biased towards Flipped but I did grow up with it, and I’ve loved it for more or less half of my life ever since I watched it in 2010, back when I was just about 7 - I barely understood it at the time, but I remember loving every minute of it even back then. It’s also directed by Rob Reiner, who’s films I adore (and we both know his films are going to appear again on this list) and I really love the whole enemies to friends to lovers trope that the film embodies - so this movie truly panders to every single one of my not-so-guilty pleasures.

The movie is about Bryce and July - polar opposites and aside from the fact that they live in the same neighbourhood they have little to nothing in common. July has been practically in love with Bryce her entire life and Bryce has been more or less repulsed for all of his. But somewhere along the lines tables turn and the whole thing makes for a slightly bittersweet, highly nostalgic, and extremely cute love story, that follows themes of growing up, family trouble and social class divides but in a youthful and truly enjoyable way.

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2. (500) Days Of Summer Directed by Marc Webb, starring Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt

If there is one love story you should watch it is this one, and that’s because It’s a truly realistic depictions of an actual relationship, at least as far as I am aware. The film is opens by announcing that this is not you’re typical love story - that’s true and for the sake of not spoiling this movie for you I won’t say exactly why. But, I can almost say it’s not really a love story at all, and more like a case study or a documentary on a relationship, framed by sporradic days in it’s timeline led by a main character that doesn’t really understand why it allnturned out the way it did.

I first watched it when I was consoling a friend after a break-up, in true teenage girl fashion, and we decided to watch a movie. I chose this one (a mistake on my part), and halfway into the movie she burst into tears and whined about how love was meaningless and the movie “really get’s me, man.” At the end of the day I have to tell you to watch this movie, and if you don’t want to see it because you don’t think you’ll enjoy it’s bittersweet, sadder, elements - as many I’ve recommended it to do, watch it because they yell “Penis!” repeatedly at a park.

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3. Notting Hill Directed by Roger Mitchell, starring Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts

I watched this movie a lot growing up because it’s my mom’s favourite and she watched it approximately twenty times a year. So, perhaps I’m biased when it comes to this one too, except I really didn’t like it as a kid, I always thought the movie stretched their romance for far too long. Now, when I watch it again years later, I realise that was perhaps what the movie was going for - delaying the inevitable that is, and it is exactly what makes the movie so damn satisfying.

It is clear to everyone that Anna and William are destined for each other - but them, and when I was a kid watching Notting Hill that’s what annoyed me the most in this movie. However now I watch it and think how could they know? The whole premise of the move is that they come from different worlds, and in what world would a bookseller think he belongs with a movie star? But the movie pulls through in ways I didn’t realise as a kid, it’s bright and full of fun, witty, and now iconic dialogue, and now when my mom watches Notting Hill for the seventeenth time this year, I am more than happy to join her.

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4. The Big Sick Directed by Michael Showalter, starring Kumail Nanjiani and Zoe Kazan

I grew up India and despite the clashes between India and Pakistan the cultures are very similar. I did not grow up in a family like Kumail Nanjiani’s, but I was surrounded by tonnes of similar ones, many friends of mine are exactly where he was in the movie now. But the big sick, despite having themes and tones more introspective than most rom coms, is at it’s a core an undeniably fun ride, full of tonnes of funny moments, brilliant performances and completely new, barely explored, variations of the romantic-comedy genre.

The big sick shouldn’t be as crowd pleasing and comedic as it is, considering it’s melodramatic plot, but the movie definitely made me - and a lot of people - leave theatres laughing. The movie also defies categorization, yes I’ve put it in a rom com list, but it also revolves around race, overcoming illness, the mingling of different cultures and so much more - stuff that you would never associate with the genre, and still, the movie is an unexpectedly but undeniably fun ride

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5. When Harry Met Sally Directed by Rob Reiner, starring Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal

When Harry Met Sally was bound to be on this list, you knew, I knew it, we all knew it - and for me, When Harry Met Sally is simply one of the most charming movies I have ever seen. With it’s clever writing, endearing characters and great performances, the movie has solidified itself as a classic of the rom com genre. The film feels almost effortless, and completely original, and I find myself just as enthralled now, after watching it time and time again, as I was the first time I watched it.

The movie takes something familiar, and gives it a twist - it’s a common trope, boy meets girl, they don’t like each other, they’re forced to spend time together, and somehow they fall in love. But in When Harry Met sally it goes more like: boy meets girl, they don’t like each other, and then they say goodbye forever - except no, they don’t, and they meet again. Five years later. They still can’t stand each other, and it happens again - goodbye. And then five more years pass, they meet again and this time they stay in touch for the rest of the movie and build an actual relationship. It’s become one of my favourite movies, and it doesn’t matter if you’ve never seen it, or you know every line by heart, or even if you can’t stand rom coms - watch When Harry Met Sally, now if you’d like.

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