#maggie wilkerson

[slashthrashandcrash]

So I might have stayed up until 2am last night binge reading the webcomic Everything Is Fine and I kinda like it a little bit just a touch just a wee tad

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She has a kill count <3

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'Everything is fine' webtoon wallpaper pls and thank u.

<3

[inky-evergreen]

forgot to post this here lol

Anyways...EVERYTHING IS NOT FINE IT NOT IS SAID IT 😭

[macrolit]

The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

As voted on by 503 novelists, nonfiction writers, poets, critics and other book lovers — with a little help from the staff of The New York Times Book Review.

NYT Article.

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Q: How many of the 100 have you read? Q: Which ones did you love/hate? Q: What's missing?

Here's the full list.

100. Tree of Smoke, Denis Johnson 99. How to Be Both, Ali Smith 98. Bel Canto, Ann Patchett 97. Men We Reaped, Jesmyn Ward 96. Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments, Saidiya Hartman 95. Bring Up the Bodies, Hilary Mantel 94. On Beauty, Zadie Smith 93. Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel 92. The Days of Abandonment, Elena Ferrante 91. The Human Stain, Philip Roth 90. The Sympathizer, Viet Thanh Nguyen 89. The Return, Hisham Matar 88. The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis 87. Detransition, Baby, Torrey Peters 86. Frederick Douglass, David W. Blight 85. Pastoralia, George Saunders 84. The Emperor of All Maladies, Siddhartha Mukherjee 83. When We Cease to Understand the World, Benjamin Labutat 82. Hurricane Season, Fernanda Melchor 81. Pulphead, John Jeremiah Sullivan 80. The Story of the Lost Child, Elena Ferrante 79. A Manual for Cleaning Women, Lucia Berlin 78. Septology, Jon Fosse 77. An American Marriage, Tayari Jones 76. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin 75. Exit West, Mohsin Hamid 74. Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout 73. The Passage of Power, Robert Caro 72. Secondhand Time, Svetlana Alexievich 71. The Copenhagen Trilogy, Tove Ditlevsen 70. All Aunt Hagar's Children, Edward P. Jones 69. The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander 68. The Friend, Sigrid Nunez 67. Far From the Tree, Andrew Solomon 66. We the Animals, Justin Torres 65. The Plot Against America, Philip Roth 64. The Great Believers, Rebecca Makkai 63. Veronica, Mary Gaitskill 62. 10:04, Ben Lerner 61. Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver 60. Heavy, Kiese Laymon 59. Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides 58. Stay True, Hua Hsu 57. Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich 56. The Flamethrowers, Rachel Kushner 55. The Looming Tower, Lawrence Wright 54. Tenth of December, George Saunders 53. Runaway, Alice Munro 52. Train Dreams, Denis Johnson 51. Life After Life, Kate Atkinson 50. Trust, Hernan Diaz 49. The Vegetarian, Han Kang 48. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi 47. A Mercy, Toni Morrison 46. The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt 45. The Argonauts, Maggie Nelson 44. The Fifth Season, N.K. Jemisin 43. Postwar, Tony Judt 42. A Brief History of Seven Killings, Marlon James 41. Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan 40. H Is for Hawk, Helen Macdonald 39. A Visit from the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan 38. The Savage Detectives, Roberto Balano 37. The Years, Annie Ernaux 36. Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates 35. Fun Home, Alison Bechdel 34. Citizen, Claudia Rankine 33. Salvage the Bones, Jesmyn Ward 32. The Lines of Beauty, Alan Hollinghurst 31. White Teeth, Zadie Smith 30. Sing, Unburied, Sing, Jesmyn Ward 29. The Last Samurai, Helen DeWitt 28. Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell 27. Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 26. Atonement, Ian McEwan 25. Random Family, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc 24. The Overstory, Richard Powers 23. Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage, Alice Munro 22. Behind the Beautiful Forevers, Katherine Boo 21. Evicted, Matthew Desmond 20. Erasure, Percival Everett 19. Say Nothing, Patrick Radden Keefe 18. Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders 17. The Sellout, Paul Beatty 16. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon 15. Pachinko, Min Jin Lee 14. Outline, Rachel Cusk 13. The Road, Cormac McCarthy 12. The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion 11. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz 10. Gilead, Marilynne Robinson 9. Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro 8. Austerlitz, W.G. Sebald 7. The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead 6. 2666, Roberto Bolano 5. The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen 4. The Known World, Edward P. Jones 3. Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel 2. The Warmth of Other Suns, Isabel Wilkerson 1. My Brilliant Friend, Elena Ferrante

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Making a Little Genius (Malcolm Wilkerson X Reader Smut)

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Summary: You and Malcolm have a big party with your friends and family to celebrate you getting engaged and graduating Harvard with doctorates. During said party, you and Malcolm go to the bathroom to have a different kind of celebration.

A/N: based on this ask and this ask, plus some others i probably forgot about. Idk anything about doctorates, graduating college, or tbh probably anything in this fic. Year isn’t specified, but malcolm + reader are like 25. Francis is about 29, Reese 26, Dewey 19, Jamie 10, and the new kid is like 6. I made the newest kid a girl bc i feel like lois deserves it. You don’t need to know any of this, I just thought I’d say just in case lol

C/W: unprotected p in v sex (wrap it before you tap it!), breeding kink, dumbification kink, degrading kink, semi-public sex (empty room at a party), mommy and daddy kink

***

Malcolm had been eyeing you the entire day. It started out innocently. In the morning, he watched you fondly as he helped you decorate the house for the party you were having today. Malcolm paid extra attention to how the engagement ring he had given you shone in the light. After all, it was part of the reason you were having a party in the first place.

At first, Malcolm was against a big celebration. The last thing he needed was his crazy family, mainly his brothers and their children, messing around and breaking everything valuable around his house.

He finally knew how his parents felt about him and his brothers.

But you were always able to convince your boyfriend, now fiance, to loosen up a little. Which was why your little backyard was now crowded with your families and friends. Malcolm tried to stay close to you, but eventually got distracted by Jamie trying to give their little sister Maggie a string of firecrackers. Usually, he wouldn’t be so concerned, despite every Wilkerson child’s destructive streak. But Maggie had grown out of her phase of putting everything in her mouth and had now become very interested in fire and “making things go boom!”

When Malcolm was finally able to wrestle the tiny explosives and lighter out of Maggie’s hands, you were on the porch cooing over your new soon-to-be niece. “I can’t believe you’re a dad now, Reese.” You said, letting baby Olivia grab at your fingers. “It’s like you’re a real grown up.”

“I still have my moments.” Reese smiled with a shrug. “Don’t tell Jen, but sometimes I let Livvie lick the spoon a little when I’m making cakes.”

You snorted, surprised that that was the best example of mischief Reese was able to come up with now. You weren’t going to complain though. It was definitely better than his days of fighting rabid packs of dogs and beating on his brothers. “Your secret’s safe with me.”

“What secret?” Malcolm startled you, making you hold your future niece extra close to you. When you realized it was your fiance who had snuck up on you, you relaxed a bit and smirked at his brother.

“Nothing. Just that Reese isn’t the bad boy he used to be.” You chuckled before catching a glimpse of what Malcolm was holding. “Where did you get firecrackers?”

“Maggie.” He sighed, jerking his head towards the house. “Come on, help me find a place to hide these before we have to buy our neighbors new mailboxes.”

Carefully, you handed Olivia back to her dad before following Malcolm inside the house. While wandering around, looking for a place to hide the tiny explosives, you and Malcolm basked in the rare moment of solitude after hours of being surrounded by your family. 

“Olivia’s the cutest thing.” You said as you opened the medicine cabinet in your bathroom. Malcolm nodded, watching you sit on the counter. “Just think. One day, we’ll have some little geniuses of our own running around.”

“Oh yeah?” Malcolm smirked, closing the cabinet and moving to stand in front of you. “How soon do you think?”

The look in his eyes made you smile coyly. “I dunno.” You shrugged, wrapping your arms around Malcolm’s shoulders. “After we’re married with better health insurance would probably be the ideal scenario. But…” You trailed off, letting a hand play with the hair at the nape of Malcolm’s neck.

“But…?” Malcolm encouraged.

“But,” you repeated, lips inching closer to his. “There’s no harm in practicing.”

Malcolm pulled your body against his as he kissed you feverishly. His hands roamed your body, groping your boobs and hips before hiking the skirt of your dress up. You moaned into Malcolm’s mouth as he squeezed your thighs and rutted his growing erection against you. Overwhelmed by desire, you did your best to move your hips in time with his to relieve your aching need for friction. 

A whine escaped your lips as Malcolm pulled your top down, making your breasts victim to his licks and bites that were now trailing down from your neck. “Perfect tits.” He muttered against your skin. “Gonna be even more perfect when I make you a mommy.” 

While Malcolm pinched your nipples, your somewhat shaky hands traveled down to unbuckle his belt and pull down his zipper. You reached in and started palming him through his boxers, and you bit your lip from how hard he was against you. 

“You want Daddy’s cock?” You moaned in response. You never thought that Malcolm would have a daddy kink, or that it would make you this horny. Yet here you were, tugging at Malcolm’s clothes just enough to allow his cock to spring free and spreading your legs as wide as you were able. Malcolm pulled your panties to the side before fisting himself, staring at your pussy that was begging for him. “God, you’re so wet, baby. Gonna fill you up so good.”

When he was fully stiff, Malcolm slowly guided himself into you. It took all his strength to not immediately ram into you; you just felt so good. He started with slow thrusts, allowing you to get used to his size while also trying to release the mutual desperation. 

“Mal…” You sighed. “More.”

“Oh yeah? You want more? Want Daddy to fuck you harder?”

Too overwhelmed to speak, you instead nodded furiously and swung your arms around his shoulders to brace yourself for what was to come. 

Almost instantly, Malcolm started pistoning in and out of you. You’d never understand where he got the stamina for such a rapid pace. Maybe all the coffee he consumed during finals had made him permanently jittery and speedy. But you weren’t about to complain, not when the drag of his cock against you sent electricity up your spine.

Malcolm reached down to thumb at your clit, and he couldn’t help but let out a breathy laugh when he felt you squeezing him in response. “You like that?” Although the question was genuine, his tone was entirely condescending. It only made you wetter. You tried to respond, but all that came out was a cockdrunk babble. “What was that?” Malcolm slowed his pace a bit, making you whine in protest.

“Fa-...” You could barely finish the word. The hand that wasn’t playing with your clit cupped your face, squeezing your cheeks and forcing you to look at Malcolm. He raised an eyebrow, waiting for you to continue, and all you did was grab his arm and try to move your hips to get him to keep fucking you.

Malcolm laughed, realizing what was happening. “I’m really fucking your brains out, aren’t I? Nothing but a cocksleeve for me.” His degrading just made you even wetter. Deciding to have some mercy on you, Malcolm started pounding into you again. “How much of a genius is this kid gonna be?” He panted, circling your clit vigorously. “Mommy’s a Harvard graduate, but gets too dumb to speak when I fuck her.”

“Gonna…” You took a deep breath, feeling yourself inching closer and closer to the edge. You had an iron grip on Malcolm’s shirt, no doubt wrinkling the fabric in your fist.

“Oh!” Malcolm looked at you with faux surprise. “Got something to say? Come on, tell Daddy what you’re thinking, if you’re even able to form a thought.”

His condescension spurred you on. “Gonna come.” You finally spat out.

Malcolm nodded. “Good girl.” His breathing got heavier with every thrust. “God, I’m so close.”

“In me.” You moaned. “Come in me. Please.”

“Yeah? Want me to fill you up?” Malcolm’s hips stuttered, trying to restrain himself from coming for just a little while longer. “Want me to make you a mommy?”

“Uh huh.” You whined. “Make you a daddy.”

The intensity of your orgasm made you shake, and Malcolm’s quickly followed from your cunt spasming around him. The foreign feeling of his hot seed filling you was intoxicating, and part of you hoped that you wouldn’t get pregnant right away so you could get more of this feeling. Malcolm seemed to like the rawness as well because instead of pulling out, he seemed to be pressing into you as much as he could. 

Even when you both came down from your climaxes, you didn’t want to pull away. But you both knew you had to eventually.

“I don’t wanna go back out there.” You mumbled tiredly into Malcolm’s shoulder. He laughed, seeming to share the sentiment as he rubbed your back.

“Yeah, I don’t know how we’re gonna explain us being gone for so long.”

“Or why I’m suddenly walking with a limp.”

Malcolm laughed again, lifting your head up so he could press a kiss to your lips. His gentleness starkly contrasted how he was a few minutes ago. 

He rubbed your hip, giving you a few more kisses before speaking again. “You really want a kid?”

You nodded, a grin slowly forming. “I wouldn’t mind a bit more practicing though.”

***

Malcolm in the Middle Taglist: @rattilol

[goalhofer]

2024 olympians representing non-birth nation by country part 2

Azerbaijan: Loren Alfonso, boxing (Cuba); Anna Başta, fencing (Russia); Ade Dwicahyo, badminton (Indonesia); Diana Dymchenko, rowing (Ukraine); Tiffany Hayes, basketball (U.S.A.); Hideyet Heyderov, judo (Kazakhstan); Rafiq Hüseynov, wrestling (Uzbekistan); Finlay Knox, swimming (U.K.); Uşangi Kokauri, judo (Georgia); Zelym Kotsoiev, judo (Russia); Magomedkhan Magomedov, wrestling (Russia); Gashim Megomedov, taekwondo (Russia); Giorgi Meshvildishvili, wrestling (Georgia); Osman Nurmahemmedov, wrestling (Russia); Rostyslav Pevtsov, triathlon (Ukraine); Sabah Shariati, wrestling (Iran); Maryam Sheikhalizadehkhanghah, swimming (Iran); Hanna Skydan, athletics (Ukraine); Mariya Stadnyk, wrestling (Ukraine); Zelim Tckaev, judo (Russia) & Marcedes Walker, basketball (U.S.A.) Bahrain: Kemi Adekoya, athletics (Nigeria); Birhanu Balew, athletics (Ethiopia); Rose Chelimo, athletics (Kenya); Eunice Chumba, athletics (Kenya); Tigist Gashaw-Belay, athletics (Ethiopia); Askerbii Gerbekov, judo (Russia); Gor Minasyan, weightlifting (Armenia); Salwa Naser, athletics (Nigeria); Lesman Paredes, weightlifting (Colombia); Akhmed Tazhudinov, wrestling (Russia) & Winfred Yavi, athletics (Kenya) Bangladesh: Imranur Rahman, athletics (U.K.) Belgium: Bashir Abdi, athletics (Somalia); Charlotte Englebert, field hockey (U.K.); Isaac Kimeli, athletics (Kenya); Neisser Loyola, fencing (Cuba); Nelson Onana-Alima, field hockey (Sweden) & Vasile Usturoi, boxing (Romania) Benin: Valentin Houinato, judo (France) & Alex Kpade, swimming (France) Bermuda: Dara Alizadeh, rowing (U.S.A.) Brazil: Nicolas Albiero, swimming (U.S.A.); Júlia Bergmann, volleyball (Germany); Lukas Bergmann, volleyball (Germany); (Angelina Costantino, soccer (U.S.A.); Yoandy Leal, volleyball (Cuba); Nathalie Moellhausen, fencing (Italy); Rodrigo Pessoa, equestrian (France) & Luana Silva, surfing (U.S.A.) British Virgin Islands: Adaejah Hodge, athletics (U.S.A.) Bulgaria: Javier Ibáñez, boxing (Cuba); Karlos Nasar; weightlifting (France); Aik Mnatsakarian, wrestling (Georgia); Stili Nikolova, gymnastics (Egypt); Semyon Novikov, wrestling (Ukraine); Kevin Penev, gymnastics (U.S.A.); Magomed Ramazanov, wrestling (Russia); Rachel Stoyanov, gymnastics (U.S.A.) & Kīmiyā Zonūzī, taekwondo (Iran) Cambodia: Antoine De Lapparent, swimming (France) & Apsara Sakbun, swimming (U.S.A.) Cameroon: Sarah Hanffou, table tennis (France) Canada: Eliezer Adjibi, athletics (Benin); Mohammed Ahmed, athletics (Somalia); Sophie Angus, swimming (U.S.A.); Fares Arfa; fencing (Algeria); Marco Arop, athletics (Sudan); Simi Awujo, soccer (U.S.A.); Jeremy Bagshaw, swimming (Singapore); Alex Baldoni, canoeing (France); Janine Beckie, soccer (U.S.A.); Jerome Blake, athletics (Jamaica); Blake Broszus, fencing (U.S.A.); Christina Deguchi, judo (Japan); Kelly Deguchi, judo (Japan); Adam Dong, badminton (China); Michele Esercitato, shooting (Italy); Shady Elnehas, judo (Egypt); Ana Godinez, wrestling (Mexico); Shaul Gordon, fencing (Israel); Samantha Hill, basketball (U.S.A.); Michelle Li, badminton (China); Maggie MacNeil, swimming (China); Jacqueline Madogo, athletics (Democratic Republic Of Congo); Arthur Margelidon, judo (France); Marilia Mimides, water polo (Greece); Anicka Newell, athletics (U.S.A.); Sydney Pickrem, swimming (U.S.A.); Raphaelle Plante, swimming (Austria); Ana Portuondo, judo (Cuba); Miloš Raonić, tennis (Croatia); Ava Stewart, gymnastics (U.S.A.); Syla Swords, basketball (France); Clara Vulpisi, water polo (Romania); Eugene Wang, table tennis (China); Brandie Wilkerson, volleyball (Switzerland); Ruien Xiao, fencing (China); Mo Zhang, table tennis (China) & Yunjia Zhang, fencing (China) Cape Verde: Victor Alvares, fencing (France); Jayla Pina, swimming (U.S.A.); Djamila Silva, judo (Portugal) & José Tati, swimming (South Africa) Cetral African Republic: Nadia Guimendego, judo (France) Chile: Yasmani Acosta, wrestling (Cuba); Néstor Almanza, wrestling (Cuba); Alejandro Tabilo, tennis (Canada) & Zeng Zhiying, table tennis (China)

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I DID IT!!!!

I finished Book Riot's 2023 Read Harder Challenge!

I've never done one of these before and I'm glad I did. It definitely pushed me to read some books and some formats I might not have otherwise. I will probably just pick a few categories to complete next year. Between the challenge and my two bookclubs, my own reading for pleasure took a bit of a hit.

I've listed the prompts and what I read below the cut if you're interested!

Feel free to ask or DM me if you want to know which of these I'd actually recommend (spoiler alert: it's not all of them lol)

Read a novel about a trans character written by a trans author.

"For the Love of April French" by Penny Aimes

Read one of your favorite author’s favorite books.

"We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves" by Karen Joy Fowler

Read a book about activism.

"How to Do Nothing" by Jenny Odell

Read a book that’s been challenged recently in your school district/library OR read one of the most-challenged/banned books of the year by a queer and/or BIPOC author.

"All Boys Aren't Blue" by George M Johnson

Read a completed webcomic.

"Check, Please!" by Ngozi Ukazu

Finish a book you’ve DNFed (did not finish).

"The Warmth of Other Suns" by Isabel Wilkerson

Listen to an audiobook performed by a person of color of a book written by an author of color.

"The Warmth of Other Suns" by Isabel Wilkerson

Read a graphic novel/comic/manga if you haven’t before; or read one that is a different genre than you normally read.

"Adulthood is a Myth" by Sarah Anderson

Read an independently published book by a BIPOC author.

"Heartbeat Braves" by Pamela Sanderson

Read a book you know nothing about based solely on the cover.

"Just As You Are" by Camille Kellogg

Read a cookbook cover to cover.

“Go-to Dinners” by Ina Garten

Read a nonfiction book about BIPOC and/or queer history.

"The Warmth of Other Suns" by Isabel Wilkerson

Read an author local to you.

"You Could Make This Place Beautiful" by Maggie Smith

Read a book with under 500 Goodreads ratings.

"Viviana Valentine Gets Her Man" by Emily Edwards

Read a historical fiction book set in an Eastern country.

"Celestial Bodies" by Johka Alharthi

Read a romance with bisexual representation.

"Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute" by Talia Hibbert

Read a YA book by an Indigenous author.

"Warrior Girl Unearthed" by Angeline Boulley

Read a comic or graphic novel that features disability representation.

"Invisible Differences" by Julie Dachez

Read a nonfiction book about intersectional feminism.

"This Will Be My Undoing" by Morgan Jenkins

Read a book of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author.

"Call Us What We Carry" by Amanda Gorman

Read a book of short stories.

"You Think It, I'll Say It" by Curtis Sittenfeld

Read any book from the Ignyte awards shortlist/longlist/winner list.

"Light From Uncommon Stars" by Ryka Aoki

Read a social horror, mystery, or thriller novel.

"Killers of a Certain Age" by Deanna Raybourn

Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!

"Ship Wrecked" by Olivia Dade

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𝙶𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚜 (𝙿𝚝 𝟸)

2nd Floor-Harry, Spruce and Maggie

They walk into a bedroom.

"10.6.10.7, guys" Harry says "The EMF is really spiking"

"Temperature's down, like, 11 degrees" Maggie says.

"All right, all right, keep your eyes peeled" Harry walks into another room "This could be it. Maggie, can I get a reading in here, please?" Maggie follows Harry as the camera interference again.

"Something keeps messing with the chip" Spruce says "I don't know what's going on here" More interference happens before a man in 50s-style suit and hat appears "Guys. Guys. Guys" Harry and Maggie walk back into the room to see the ghost.

"Look Buddy, I'm sorry. That's it" The man says "I'm telling you, that's all the money I-" Suddenly the ghost is shot in the chest, no gun seen. The three screams as the ghost falls and disappears, leaving the three shocked.

==

Living Room

"What are you doing in the Morton House, Ed - on leap year -- what are you thinking?" Y/N asks.

"We're here to spend the night, okay? It's for our TV show" Ed answers.

"What? Great. Perfect" Sam says, sarcastically.

"Yeah, nobody's ever spent the night before" Corbett says.

"Uh, actually, yeah, they have" Dean says.

"Uh, we've never heard of them"

"Yeah, you know why? 'Cause the ones that have haven't lived to talk about it!"

"Oh, come on, I don't believe you" Y/N huffs out a sigh and Sam puts a bag on the desk.

"Look -- missing- persons going back almost half a century" Sam pulls out a few papers and looks them over with Ed "John Graham stayed on a dare -- gone. Julie Wilkerson -- gone. There are tons more"

"All of them came to just stay the night through, always on a leap year. The only body they ever found was the last owner, Freeman Daggett" Y/N says.

"These look legit" Ed says.

"They are legit" Sam says in annoyance "Look, Ed, we aint got much time here, buddy. Starting at midnight, your friends are going to die"

"Oh, my god!" Harry, Maggie and Spruce then come running down stairs; into the living room, shouting "Oh, my god! Oh, my god! Oh, my god! Oh, my god! Guys! Guys! Oh, my god! Oh, my god! We got one!" Harry looks into the camera "Corbett! Corbett, we saw one! We saw one!"

"Get outta here!" Ed says.

"It was a full apparition! It was like a class four. It was a spectral illumination! It..."

"It was amazing!" Harry notices Y/N, Dean and Sam.

"Hey, aren't those the [Beep] from Texas?" He asks.

"Yes"

"All right, let's have this reunion across the street, guys" Dean says.

"Crap. What are you guys doing here?" The three start to move them away.

"Come on, come on. We'll get you ice cream -- our treat" Y/N says "What do you say? Let's go"

"Yeah, I say no" Harry says. They then all gather around the laptop to watch what Spruce, Maggie and Harry had found upstairs.

"Look at this" Maggie says, showing them the video "Look, look. Ed, ed. No. No. Look at this. Okay, honesy-to-God proof, all right?"

"Are you kidding me?" Ed asks.

"Yeah. No, not kidding"

"What kind of reading did we get?" Spruce asks.

"Uh, it was a 10.9"

"10.9?"

"Yeah, it was 10.9. It was alloys 11. I came out, and I was like, "what's going on?" And I was like --"

"Wait, watch this" Maggie says. They watch as the ghost man falls down

"Oh!" Spruce says "He got blasted. It was crazy" Sam, Y/N and Dean walk away from the group and talk amongst themselves. Spruce follows them, still recording them on his camera.

"Think we were off on this? I mean, that was just a death echo"

"Yeah, but what's it doing here?" Y/N asks.

"Did anybody get shot here?" Dean asks.

"No, not that I could find"

"What's a death echo?" Spruce asks. The three turn to face him.

"Look, we got a problem here. That ghost aint it"

"Yeah, that's real. Like, that happening" Harry says.

"What's a death echo?" Spruce repeats.

"Echoes are trapped in a loop, okay?" Dean explains "They keep replaying how they died over and over and over again, usually in the place where they were ganked. It's about as dangerous as a scary movie"

"So maybe the echo's not dangerous, but maybe something else is"

"You're right" Y/N agrees "All right, we need to get out of here, guys. Come on. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Pack it up"

"Guys, time is running out!"

"We're moving" They all complain as the siblings walk towards them, trying to get them out.

"What about all of our equipment? “Maggie asks "What are we gonna..."

"Lots of fun. Let's go"

"We got more material" Harry says "We got all kinds of stuff. We'll make you guys recurring guest stars"

"Wait! Wait!" Ed says, everyone looks to him "Where's Corbett?"

==

2nd Floor-Corbett

Corbett walks down a hallway alone with his camera.

"I wish to communicate with the restless spirits here" he says. The camera malfunctions and his flashlight flickers "Uh, lights out? Oh, I think I got night vision here" Corbett switches to night vision. As he points the camera to himself, a tall ghostly figure appears behind him "That's better"

==

1st Floor

Sam, Dean and Y/N are trying to get Ed, Harry, Maggie and Spruce out.

"No man left behind" Ed says before an anguished scream is heard in the distance "That was Corbett"

"That was Corbett! Corbett!" Harry shouts.

"Corbett! It's okay!" Maggie shouts. Ed, Harry and Maggie run upstairs while Sam, Dean and Y/N protest.

"We'll get him!" Y/N says.

"Go back!"

"Guys!" Sam called "[Bleep]!"

==

Upstairs, the ghostfacers were running around, looking for their friend.

"No! Where are you, dude?" Spruce shouts "Tell us where you are!"

"Corbett!" Harry yells.

==

Corbett is being dragged down a staircase by the ghost.

"Let me go!" He screams "Guys!"

==

Ed spoke into his radio.

"Corbett, you need to come back, Corbett!"

==

"No!" Corbett screams.

==

Y/N, Sam and Dean run upstairs to fine the group.

"Hey! Hey! Hey! Come on" Y/N says as Corbett's screams continuing until he stops; everyone goes silent.

==

Morton House 11:59 PM

Morton House 12:00 AM

There was one last scream before it stopped again, Sam rushing back to the group.

"Corbett's...He's not here" he says.

"Let's go. Let's go" Y/N says. Dean, Sam and Y/N try to pull the ghostfacers downstairs.

"No. No. No. But that's Corbett. No, that was Corbett. Didn't you hear that" Harry asks.

"Go, go, go, come on" Dean says.

"Guys, guys, guys" Spruce says.

"Here we go. Here we go. Keep it moving. Keep it moving" Sam says.

"Corbett?" Ed asks, speaking into his radio.

"Hey, hey, hey. Watch him" Sam says "Watch him" Y/N thumps Harry with his flashlight.

"Go. Go. Move. Move" she says. Spruce turns to face her, aiming the camera at her face "Turn it off!"

==

LIVING ROOM MORTON HOUSE - NIGHT

MORTON HOUSE 12:04 AM

FEBRUARY 29TH

The ghostfacers were around the laptops with Dean, Y/N and Sam stand aside, trying to find a way out.

"Oh, god, what's happening?" Ed asks "Oh, god. He's gone. He just disappeared"

"Okay, let's just go through all the angels" Harry says "Let's go through all the cameras we have" Sam, Y/N and Dean are talking, unaware that Spruce if filming them.

"Well, it's 12:04, Y/N" Dean says "You good? You happy?"

"Yeah, I am happy" Theo says sarcastically.

"Let's go hit the Morton house, "you said, "it's out Grand Canyon"

"Sam, I don't want to hear this"

"You got two months left, Y/N. Instead, we're gonna die tonight" Sam picks up a chair and smashes it against the sealed front door.

"Whoa! What the hell is going on guys?" Spruce says.

"I'l tell you what's going on. Every door, every window. I'm guessing every exit out of this house, they're all sealed" Sam says.

"But w-why are they sealed?" Maggie asks.

"It's a supernatural lockdown, okay?" Dean says "Whatever took Corbett doesn't want us to leave, and it's no death echo. This is a bad mother, and it wants us scared"

"Or it just wants us" The EMF detector starts going off. The camera malfunctions yet again as Harry sidle up to Maggie, secretly holding hands.

"Uh, guys, the camera's fritzing again"

"Whoa. Whoa. Guys, the EMF's starting to spike. This is a big one!" Ed says.

"Everybody, stay close. There's something coming" Another apparition appears.

"Whoa!"

"Is this the same echo you guys saw earlier?" Y/N asks.

"No, it's a different guy"

"Multiple echoes?" Dean says "What the hell's going on"

"Beats me" Y/N says; Sam shrugs

"Okay. All right. All right. All right" Y/N walks up to the echo "Uh, hey, buddy! Hey. Hey. Wake up. You're dead! Hello!"

"What is she doing?" Harry asks, looking to Sam and Dean "What's she doing?"

"It's rare, but sometimes you can shock an echo out of its loop if you can talk to the part of the ghost that's still human, but usually you have to have some kind of connection to the deceased" Sam explains.

"Come on! Wake up! Be dead!" She shouts. The camera malfunctions; the apparition flickers and turns around.

"You guys hear that?" Harry asks.

"What's that sound?"

"You guy's hear that?"

"Snap out of it, buddy, huh? Come on, what are you waiting for? You're gonzo! You're dead!" Bright light shines on the apparition and the sound of a train horn approaching. The apparition flies backwards, as if hit by an invisible train.

"Where the hell did it go?" Harry asks. Y/N turns to face the others, exchanging looks with Dean and Sam.

==

2nd Floor

The group follows Sam, Y/N and Dean down the hallway.

"Guys, there's no records of any of this here" Dean says "No one got shot here. Obviously, no one got run over by a freaking train"

"Stay close" Sam says.

"Did the echoes take Corbett?" Maggie asks and Y/N turns to face the camera.

"Yes. No. I don't know. We don't know what's doing what here; that's what we're trying to figure out, okay?" Y/N says.

All right, stay close" Sam says "Okay, look, um, death echoes are ghosts, okay? No, ghosts -- they usually haunt places where they lived or where they died"

"Except these mooks didn't live or die here" Dean says.

"Right"

"So, what are they doing here?" Maggie asks.

"Hey, give the lady a cigar" Y/N says as she stops and turns to Maggie and her camera while the others continue "All right, seriously, does looking at this nightmare through that camera make you feel better or something?"

"Uh...I, uh...Well, yeah. Uh, yeah. I think so" Maggie answers. Y/N nodding.

"Oh" Y/N turns around and walks after the others. They later walk into a bedroom with animal heads nailed into the walls and they went through everything they could find. Sam picked up a broken framed certificate.

"Freeman Daggett, house's last owner, officially commented for 20 years of fine service at the Gamble General Hospital"

"He was a doctor?" Y/N asks "Janitor"

"This looks like his dean. When'd he says he died--'64?" Dean suggests.

"Yeah. hears attack"

"What are these, c-rations?" Maggie asks. Theo turns to Maggie to see supplies gathered in the corner.

"Yeah, army-issued, three squares -- like a lifetime supply" Y/N says.

"God, is that all he ate" Maggie asks. Harry took a can of food to shine his flashlight on.

"One- stop shopping" Y/N says. Ed aims his camera to Y/N.

"Is there anything you don't know?"

"Hmm, yeah, there actually is" Y/N says "I don't know how long I can stand that camera in my face without smashing it into pieces" She says "Just a heads up" She turns away. Ed turns his camera to Harry.

"Sarcastic and Hot" Ed whispers. Harry shakes his head and Ed looks at him with a questioning look. Dean finds a locked cabinet.

"Hello, locked"

"Oh, come on, guys" Ed says "This is ridiculous. I mean, how the hell is this supposed to find Corbett, huh? We should be digging up the friggin' floorboards right now" Y/N grabs a crowbar near Sam as he holds up a dusty pamphlet.

"Huh. "Survival Under Atomic Attack" An optimist" Y/N walks to Dean, who's trying to open the safe, she moves him out of the way and uses the crowbar to open the safe; pulling out a box from it. Ed has the EMF reader aimed at the box and the twins. Y/N and Dean gives him a look, and he turns away. Y/N sets the box on the desk and opens it to reveal tiny cards with writing on them, and the twins start to look through them.

"Crap. Crap. Taxidermy" Dean says.

"Okay. Sam, you said Daggett was a hospital janitor?" Y/N says.

"Yeah" Sam answers.

"Ewww. Got three toe tags here -- one, death by gunshot, train accident, and suicide"

"Ewwww!"

"What?" Harry asks.

"Well, that explains why all the death echoes are here" Sam says. Ed and Harry stares at them in confusion "They're here because their bodies are here... somewhere in the house" Ed and Harry still looks confused, while Y/N rolls her eyes.

"Daggett brought the remains home from the morgue. To play" she says. Ed and Harry share a look.

"Eww" Harry closes his eyes "Ugh!!"

"That's nasty, dude" Spruce says.

"Right" Y/N looks around.

"Wait a minute" she says.

==

Maggie is walking alone with her camera, breathing heavily.

"Corbett" She saw her reflection in a nearby mirror and gasps, realizing it's just herself "Okay, Maggie" The camera starts to malfunctions and she turns to see a dead bird hanging on the wall before she swings the camera around, frightened, to reveal Y/N.

"Closer to the herd, okay?" Y/N says, before walking away to lead the way back to the group. They enter back into the room.

"Maggie? Maggie?" Harry asks.

"She's fine"

Harry. Harry, I got an 8.6 and climbing fast. Somebody huge is coming" Ed says "Look. Something big is coming" The camera malfunctions.

"It's past 11, you guys"

"What?" Dean says "Nobody move! Hold on. Hold on. Stay quiet" The camera malfunctions again, then suddenly Sam, standing between Dean and Y/N, disappears into thin air.

"It's really cold in here" Ed says.

"Harry?" Maggie says.

"Sam?" Y/N says.

"Some kind of surge"

"Sam???" Dean says.

"Where'd he go?"

"Oh, no" Y/N finds Sam's dropped flashlight and picks it up. The twins share a look before Y/N looks around.

"Sam!!!!!!"

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Best Popular Books Published in 2020

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett, 2020 Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents novel by Isabel Wilkerson, 2020 Writers & Lovers by Lily King, 2020 The Death of Vivek Oji novel by Akwaeke Emezi, 2020 Untamed by Glennon Doyle, 2020 Luster by Raven Leilani, 2020 My Dark Vanessa: A Novel book by Kate Elizabeth Russell, 2020 Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell, 2020 Beach Read by Emily Henry,…

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Read More 2023 Celebrities Reading Books

Fiction The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller The Last Thing he Told Me by Laura Dave These Impossible Things by Salma El-Wardany Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes The Dutch House by Ann Patchett Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid Gilead by Marilynne Robinson The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

Romance The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory

Thriller The Guest List by Lucy Foley The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda

Science Fiction and Fantasy The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Young Adult Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Namey

Biography I'm Glad my Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey

Non-Fiction The Library Book by Susan Orlean Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed Caste : the Origins of our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

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I predict when we get faces in "Everything is fine" webtoon watch EVERYONE redraw scenes with them

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Made my own reading list for 2021! Can't promise that I'll read all of these but I hope that putting it down here will actually help me complete the goal (speaking it into existence and all that). I was tagged by @seaoflove and @mossyshadows thank u! 💞💞

When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain, Nghi Vo (WAITING....)

both Jade War and Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee

The Burning God, R. F. Kuang

Women Of The Fertile Crescent: An Anthology Of Modern Poetry, edited by Kamal Boullata

Beginning with O, Olga Broumas (and just all of her work tbh)

Hamnet, Maggie O'Farrell

Girls Against God, Jenny Hval

Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan’s Disaster Zone, Richard Lloyd Parry

The Bone Season, Samantha Shannon

Indelicacy, Amina Cain

Yayati, Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, Isabel  Wilkerson 

Mirabai: Ecstatic Poems

Remnants of a Separation: A History of the Partition through Material Memory, Aanchal Malhotra

Chorus of Mushrooms, Hiromi Goto

The Thief (The Queen's Thief, #1), Megan Whalen Turner

The Secret Magdalene, Ki Longfellow

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, Robin Wall Kimmerer

Selected Poems, Alejandra Pizarnik (left this halfway)

Howl’s Moving Castle, Diana Wynne Jones

The Three Body Problem, Cixin Lu

The Idiot, Elif Batuman

Pachinko, Min Jin Lee

Sphinx, Anne Garréta

The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton

Moshi Moshi, Banana Yoshimoto

More of Mark Doty's work but specifically My Alexandria

Sensei and Sensibility, Karen Toi Yamashita

Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race, Laura Prior-Palmer

The Secret Lives of Color, Kasia St. Clair

Phantastes, George MacDonald

White is for Witching, Helen Oyeyemi

As I Crossed A Bridge of Dreams: Recollections of a Woman in 11th Century Japan, Lady Sarashina

Goodbye Tsugumi, Banana Yoshimoto

The Orchid Stories, Kenward Elmslie

Tagging: @holydarling @thedearidiot @violentsgrace @soracities @syrejaden @lovlettres @miserabella @ijaaazat @feuillesmortes @letterful and anyone who wants to do this!

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quotes by author

these are quotes sorted by author! pretty self-explanatory. not all authors are on here, as i'm in a continuous process of reading and acquiring quotes! will be updated regularly. sorted a-z by last name.

Daniel Alarcón

Sarah Adams

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Elena Armas

Lauren Asher

Atticus

Mitch Albom

Benjamin Alire-Sáenz

Tessa Bailey

David Baldacci

Leigh Bardugo

Holly Black

Olivie Blake

Sabrina Benaim

Chaya Bhuvaneswar

Alexandra Bracken

Jericho Brown

Sól Casique

Yvonne Cassidy

Stephen Chbosky

Zen Cho

Agatha Christie

Sandra Cisneros

Susanna Clarke

Paulo Coelho

Tillie Cole

Sonali Dev

Charles Dickens

Anthony Doerr

Tony Fadell

Hafsah Faizal

Thomas C. Foster

Shana Galen

Stephanie Garber

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Bill Glose

Chloe Gong

Sophie Gonzalez

Amanda Gorman

Hafez

Matt Haig

Jenny Han

Tim Harford

Ali Hazelwood

Emily Henry

Frank Herbert

Féi Hernandez

Talia Hibbert

Helen Hoang

Charlie M. Holmberg

Homer

Cathy Park Hong

Colleen Hoover

Robert Jordan

Julie Kagawa

Brigid Kemmerer

Jahan Khatun

T. J. Klune

R. F. Kuang

Kevin Kwan

Jhumpa Lahiri

Lois-Soto Lane

Christina Lauren

Ursula K. Le Guin

Lang Leav

Erika Lee

Christy Lefteri

Trisha Levenseller

Marc Levy

Grace D. Li

Ann Liang

lostcap

Carmen Machado

Shelby Mahurin

Yamen Manai

Kerri Maniscalco

Raquel Marie

Daphne du Maurier

Casey McQuiston

Chanel Miller

Madeline Miller

Rebecca Mix

Erin Morgenstern

Vera Nazarian

Micah Nemerever

Courttia Newland

Viet Thanh Nguyen

Trevor Noah

Naomi Novik

Chibundu Onuzo

Helen Oyeyemi

Mary E. Pearson

Sylvia Plath

Plato

Clare Pooley

Claudia Rankine

Taylor Jenkins Reid

Jason Reynolds

Natalie D. Richards

M. L. Rio

Sally Rooney

Jennifer Rosner

Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin

Brandon Sanderson

Jack Schaefer

V.E. Schwab

Linda See

Rebecca Serle

William Shakespeare

Samantha Shannon

Adam Silvera

Anthony Veasna So

Barbara Andrea Sostaita

John Steinbeck

Erin Sterling

Maggie Stiefvater

Amy Tan

Jennif(f)er Tamayo

Karin Tanabe

Donna Tartt

Stuart Turton

Kirstin Valdez Quade

Jésus I. Valles

Kurt Vonnegut

Ocean Vuong

Jeff Wheeler

Elie Wiesel

Will Wight

Isabel Wilkerson

Hanya Yanagihara

E. Lily Yu

Obayd-e Zakani

Michelle Zauner

C. Pam Zhang

Xiran Jay Zhao

Markus Zusak

hope this helps! <3

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2020 Reading Challenge Report

I really liked it last year when I made a spread in my journal with my best of books for 2019. So here’s my best of for 2020. 

I was WAY surprised that all my favorite books this year were non-fiction. That doesn't mean I didn’t read any good fiction this year, I definitely did. But the truly outstanding, five star books were all non-fiction. This is super weird for me because I never used to read non-fiction unless it was for school. But last year I made a deal with myself that I should have a non-fiction book as at least one of my books-in-progress at all times. I continued that rule this year and wow have I read some great stuff as a result. 

Metrics:

Total books read in 2020: 87 

If you remove all the books I read with kids, that’s 64. If you remove the books I read with kids and also graphic novels (which—despite being books, goddamn it—admittedly take a lot less time to read), I read 45 books this year.  I refuse to remove the audiobooks because that’s hella insulting.  Audiobooks are books.

One thing I noticed this year is that before I counted, I was under the impression that I had read a lot of books by Black authors this year, but I hadn't. In fact, it was far fewer than last year. I think part of what was internally confusing was that because two of my books were Caste and The Warmth of Other Suns, both substantial (in the thinking sense and the length sense), at any given time this year, I was reading at least one book by a Black author. So that skewed my thinking. Still, fewer than 10% Black authors is a poor metric.

Another thing I noticed was that cancelled plans for 10 months also means cancelled car trips (yay!) and cancelled audiobook listenings (boo!) So that cut into my total a bit, not listening to books as much with the kids. But I'm looking forward to lots more reading in the new year! Including finishing a bunch of books the kids and I are reading for school and tons of stuff for work. Because I like to have things going on every burner, there are 10 books in progress at the moment, about half of them for school. 

In case you might be interested, here’s my list, favorites in bold:

Non-Fiction (23)

Figuring, Maria Popova

Know My Name, Chanel Miller

*The Fire Never Goes Out, Noelle Stevenson

With Purpose and Principle, Edward Frost

Caste, Isabel Wilkerson

The Warmth of Other Suns, Isabel Wilkerson

Widening the Circle of Concern, COIC, UUA

Brief Histories of Everyday Objects, Andy Warner

Breaking and Blessing, Sean Parker Dennison

This Book is Anti-Racist, Tiffany Jewell & Aurelia Durand

The Library Book, Susan Orlean

My Autobiography of Carson McCullers, Jenn Shapland

Furious Hours, Casey Cep

Scrappy Little Nobody, Anna Kendrick

I'll Be Gone in the Dark, Michelle McNamara

Catch and Kill, Ronan Farrow

*Laika, Nick Abadzis

*First Year Out: A Transition Story, Sabrina Symington

* Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir, Maggie Thrash

*Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans, Don Brown

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland, Patrick Radden Keefe

*A Quick and Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities, Mady G., J.R. Zuckerberg

*Wait, What?: A Comic Book Guide to Relationships, Bodies, and Growing Up, Heather Corinna, Isabella Rotman

Fiction (40)

*Heartstopper, vol 1&2, Alice Oseman

When the Tripods Came, John Christopher

Empty World, John Christopher

You Should See Me in a Crown, Leah Johnson

The Pull of the Stars, Emma Donoghue

Pachinko, Min Jin Lee

My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Ottessa Moshfegh

Girl, Woman, Other, Bernadine Evaristo

*This One Summer, Mariko Tamaki

*Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me, Mariko Tamaki, Rosemary Valero-O'Connell

To Night Owl, From Dogfish, Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer

* Almost American Girl, Robin Ha

Upright Women Wanted, Sarah Gailey

When We Were Magic, Sarah Gailey

Magic for Liars, Sarah Gailey

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Suzanne Collins

The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows, Olivia Waite

The Dreamers, Karen Thompson Walker

The Water Dancer, Ta-Nehisi Coates

Less, Andrew Sean Greer

*Drama, Raina Telgemeier

The Glass Hotel, Emily St. John Mandel

Severance, Ling Ma

Once, Morris Gleitzman

Then, Morris Gleitzman

Reflections in a Golden Eye, Carson McCullers

The Future of Another Timeline, Annalee Newitz

Royal Rebel, Jenny Frame

*Sidekicks, Dan Santat

The Book of Dust, Philip Pullman

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, Kate DiCamillo

*Snapdragon, Kat Leyh

Catfishing on Catnet, Naomi Kritzer

*Princess Princess Ever After,  Katie O'Neill

*The Prince and the Dressmaker, Jen Wang

*All Summer Long, Hope Larson

Children of Virtue and Vengence, Tomi Adeyemi

On the Edge of Gone, Corinne Duyvis

*Kiss Number 8, Colleen A.F. Venable, Ellen T. Crenshaw

*Queen of the Sea, Dylan Meconis

Read With the Kids (23)

Sentence Island, Michael Clay Thompson (NF)

*Hereville: How Minka Got Her Sword, Barry Deutsch

Hatchet, Gary Paulson

The Dreamer, Pam Muñoz Ryan, Peter Sis

Before Columbus, Charles Mann (NF)

Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, Kwame Mbalia

In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse, Joseph M. Marshall III

It's a Feudal, Feudal World, Stephen Shapiro and Ross Kinnaird (NF)

Pedro's Journal, Pam Conrad

A Long Way from Chicago, Richard Peck

Sees Behind Trees, Michael Dorris

The Shakespeare Stealer, Gary Blackwood

The Giver, Lois Lowry (reread for me)

The Saturdays, Elizabeth Enright (reread)

Timmy Failure: Mistakes were Made, Stephan Pastis

Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth, E.L. Konigsburg

Sideways Stories from Wayside School, Louis Sachar

Wayside School is Falling Down, Louis Sachar

A Little History of Philosophy, Nigel Warburton (NF)

The Parker Inheritance, Varian Johnson

How to Think Like a Cat, Stephanie Garnier (NF)

Book Scavenger, Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

The Third Mushroom, Jennifer L. Holm

*=graphic novel

I read 87 books this year, by 80 authors

Authors of color = 14 Black authors = 7 Women or non-cis-gender men authors = 53 Graphic novels = 22 Non-fiction = 28 Queer characters = 28 Audiobooks = 26

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Info, Please:  Extended Families  (Part 1, Duggars + In–Laws)

So…  I think it would be nuts to actually draw out of a family tree, since it would have to be so, so huge.  But, I’m happy to provide a written Post about this!  I’ll trace each family back to the Great–Grandparents of Josh, etc., usually dubbed the “Second Generation” by Duggar Data.  I’m not going to include any Uncles, Aunts, Great–Uncles, Great–Aunts, or Cousins, except for the Duggars / Bates.  Too much to research, and it’s maybe a bit too invasive for the less high–profile families.

Part 1 will be Duggars + In–Laws.  Part 2 will be Bateses + In–Laws.  Part 3 will be the rest of the Predictor Families.  Onward, to...   

The Duggar Family

Josh, etc.’s Parents are James Robert (“Jim Bob” or “J.B.”) Duggar (b. 1965) + Michelle Annette (Ruark) Duggar (b. 1966).  Their Paternal Grandparents—i.e., Jim Bob’s Parents—are James Lee (“J.L.”) Duggar (1936–2009) + Mary Leona (Lester) Duggar (1941–2019).  Their Maternal Grandparents—i.e., Michelle’s Parents—are Garrett Floyde Ruark (1924–2010) + Ethel Marie (Hardin) Ruark (1927–1991).  Jim Bob has 1 Sibling (Deanna).  Michelle is 1 of 7 Children.

Paternal Grandparents   James Lee + Mary Leona (Lester) Duggar

Maternal Grandparents   Garrett Floyde + Ethel Marie (Hardin) Ruark

Paternal Aunts / Uncles   Deanna (Duggar) Jordan

Maternal Aunts / Uncles   Pamela Ethel Peters, Freda Benderman (d. 2015), Evelyn Alice Ruark, Kathie Ann Arnold (1952–2013), Carolyn Ann Hudgins, Garrett Floyde Ruark, Jr.

Parents   James Robert (“Jim Bob”) + Michelle Annette (Ruark) Duggar

Children   19 Children  (Josh, Jana, etc.)

Grandchildren   17 So Far  (+1 On The Way)        

In–Laws...  After the jump.

The Burnett Family

Abbie (Burnett) Duggar’s Parents are John Haskell Burnett II (b. 1958) + Cheryl Denise (Clay) Burnett (b. 1959).  She has 7 Siblings—namely, John–Clay Byford, Hannah Joy, Caleb Andrew, Charity Faith, Maggie Ruth, Carinna Elizabeth, and Benjamin Josiah.  Neither set of Grandparents is known; however, her Paternal Grandfather is presumably John Haskell Burnett, Sr.  (See Also.)

Paternal Grandparents   John Haskell Burnett, Sr.  +  [ Unknown ]

Maternal Grandparents   [ Unknown ]

Parents   John Haskell Burnett II + Cheryl Denise (Clay) Burnett

Children   John–Clay Byford Burnett, Hannah Joy Dornick, Caleb Andrew Burnett, Abbie Grace Duggar, Charity Faith Wearden, Maggie Ruth Burnett, Carrina Elizabeth Penn, Benjamin Josiah Burnett    

Grandchildren   10 So Far  (inc. Grace Annette Duggar)     

The Caldwell Family

Kendra’s Family consists of her Parents, Pastor Gene Paul (“Paul”) Caldwell (b. 1977) + Christina (Hamrick) Caldwell (b. 1979), and 8 Children—Kendra Renee, Lauren Hope, Micah Joel, Nathan, Timothy, Olivia Grace, Jesiah Mathew, and Isaiah Gabriel.  Her Paternal Grandparents are Marion Lynn + Peggy Ann (Dragland) Caldwell.  Her Maternal Grandparents are Unknown.

Paternal Grandparents   Marion Lynn + Peggy Ann (Dragland) Caldwell

Maternal Grandparents   [ Unknown ]

Parents   Gene Paul (“Paul”) + Christina (Hamrick) Caldwell

Children   Kendra Renee Duggar, Lauren Hope Caldwell, Micah Joel Caldwell, Nathan Caldwell, Timothy Caldwell, Olivia Grace Caldwell, Jesiah Mathew Caldwell, Isaiah Gabriel Caldwell  

Grandchildren   2 So Far  (Garrett David Duggar and Addison Renee Duggar)  

The Dillard Family

As for Jill’s Husband, Derick, his Parents are Cathy (George) Byrum (Previously Dillard) (b. 1957) + Richard (“Rick”) W. Dillard (1957–2008).  His Stepfather is Ronnie Byrum.  He has 1 Sibling—a brother, Daniel David.  His Grandparents are Norman + Sue Dillard (Paternal), and Shuford George + Vergie (Wilkerson) Payne (Previously George / Pipher) (1932–2014) (Maternal).

Paternal Grandparents   Norman + Sue Dillard

Maternal Grandparents   Shuford George + Vergie (Wilkerson) Paine

Parents   Richard “Rick” Dillard + Cathy (George) Byrum

Children   Derick Michael Dillard, Daniel David Dillard

Grandchildren   3 So Far  (Israel David Dillard, Samuel Scott Dillard, and Jaxon Michael Dillard)

The Forsyth Family

Joy’s In–Laws include Austin’s Parents, Terry Lynn Forsyth (b. 1959) + Roxanne (Waters) Forsyth (b. 1963), and his sister, Meagan.  Roxanne is Terry’s 2nd Wife; he was previously married to Julia Ann Rowe, but got divorced in 1982.  Terry + Julia had 2 Children—Brandon Lynn and Rachael Marie—who are Half–Siblings of Austin.  Nothing is known about Austin’s Grandparents.

Paternal Grandparents   [ Unknown ]

Maternal Grandparents   [ Unknown ]

Parents   Terry + Roxanne (Waters) Forsyth; Terry + Julia (Rowe) Forsyth

Children (w/ Roxanne)   Meagan Elizabeth Ballinger, Austin Martyn Forsyth

Children (w/ Julie)   Brandon Lynn Forsyth, Rachael Marie Tunstill  

Grandchildren (w/ Roxanne)   3 So Far  (+2 On The Way)

Grandchildren (w/ Julia)  10 So Far  

The Keller Family

The Keller Family is headed by Parents Michael “Mike” Edward Keller (b. 1959) + Lillie “Suzette” (Stembridge) Keller (b. 1955).  Together, they have 8 Children—Esther Joy, Rebekah Ann, Daniel Michael, Priscilla Lynn, Anna Renee, Nathan Edward, and David Nathaniel.  The Paternal Grandparents are Unknown.  Their Maternal Grandparents are Melvin Rudolph Stembridge, Sr. + Dorothy Mae (Adams) Stembridge (d. 2008).  

Paternal Grandparents   [ Unknown ]

Maternal Grandparents   Melvin Rudolph Stembridge, Sr. + Dorothy Mae (Adams) Stembridge

Parents   Michael Edward + Lillie “Suzette” (Stembridge) Keller

Children   Esther Joy Shrader, Rebekah Ann Hunt, Daniel Michael Keller, Priscilla Lynn Waller, Anna Renee Duggar, Susanna Grace Bridges, Nathan Edward Keller, David Nathaniel Keller

Grandchildren   22 So Far (+1 On The Way)  [Note—This includes non–Quiverful Couples’ children, which I typically don’t discuss.]

The Seewald Family

Looking to the Seewald Clan, Ben’s Parents are Michael Seewald (b. 1974) + Guinnevere (“Guinn”) (Eaton) Seewald (b. 1974).  He has 6 Siblings, namely—Jessica Lane, Danielle, Michelle Alaine, Ethan, Faith, and Tommy Jack.  Ben’s Grandparents include Bob + Arlene Seewald (Paternal), and Robert (“Bob”) Eaton (1950–2019) + Deborah Eaton (Maternal).

Paternal Grandparents   Bob + Arlene Seewald

Maternal Grandparents   Robert (“Bob”) + Deborah Eaton

Parents   Michael + Guinnevere (“Guinn”) (Eaton) Seewald

Children   Benjamin Michael Seewald, Jessica Lane Lester, Danielle Seewald, Michelle Alaine Seewald, Ethan Seewald, Faith Seewald, Tommy Jack Seewald      

Grandchildren   3 So Far  (Spurgeon Elliot Seewald, Henry Wilberforce Seewald, Ivy Jane Seewald)

The Swanson Family

Lauren’s Parents are Dwain Charles Swanson (b. 1975) + Lana M. Swanson (b. 1975).  Nothing is known about the extended family; both sets of Grandparents are Unknown.  Lauren is 1 of 9 Children.  Her siblings include Lily, David, Lydia, Daniel, Dustin, Drew, Luci, and Duke.

Paternal Grandparents   [ Unknown ]

Maternal Grandparents   [ Unknown ]

Parents   Dwain Charles + Lana Swanson

Children   Lauren Milagro Duggar, Lily Swanson, David Swanson, Lydia Swanson, Daniel Swanson, Dustin Swanson, Drew Swanson, Luci Swanson, Duke Matthew Swanson        

Grandchildren   1 So Far  (Bella Milagro Duggar)

The Vuolo Family

Updated 4–22–20 w/ information provided by an Anon...

As for the Vuolo Clan, Jeremy’s Parents are Charles (“Chuck”) Henry Vuolo (b. 1951) + Diana Lynn (Salamon) Vuolo (b. 1955).  Jeremy has 2 Living Siblings—Valerie and Charles—and a 3rd Sibling (Angela; d. 1984) who was stillborn.  (It seems she was Valerie’s twin, since Angela’s death of death is Valerie’s DOB.)  Jeremy’s Paternal Grandparents are Tony + Ann Vuolo, and Jeremy’s Maternal Grandparents are Stanley Peter Salamon (d. 2013) + Mary Elizabeth (Gillespie) Salamon (1926–2009).  

Paternal Grandparents   Tony + Ann Vuolo

Maternal Grandparents   Stanley P. + Mary E. (Gillespie) Salamon

Parents   Charles (“Chuck”) Henry + Diana Lynn (Salamon) Vuolo

Children   Valerie Vuolo, Charles Anthony Vuolo, Jeremy Joseph Vuolo

Grandchildren   1 So Far  (Felicity Nicole Vuolo)

Next up, the Bates Family + In–Laws...  Stay tuned for Part 2.