I've been thinking about this a lot as I get ready to jet off to an adventure.
"Life isn’t divided into genres. It’s a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you're lucky."
—Alan Moore
Ohhhh is it Christmas already??
@jennlyons.bsky.social This was amazing!! I hardly put it down from start to finish. For fans of The Green Knight, Swamp thing, any kind of nature fighting back tale - highly recommend!
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Just finished The Bookshop Below @georgiasummers.bsky.social
Not sure if I can explain - but some of you will understand. This book took me to the same place, made me feel the same way as The Magicians @levgrossman.com
It's not even about the plot, just how I felt.
A keeper for sure.
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This is definitely a case of should have read the book before watching the movie.
The movie was ok. The book is much better.
The main character was still Sandra Bullock in my head 😜
50 best horror challenge 31/50
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Happy book birthday to my haunted houses! 🏚️🔥
I'm so thrilled The Haunted Houses She Calls Her Own is available now! I can't believe I have a second collection out in the world! 😱🦇🖤
This book is utterly gorgeous. I think they made it that way so you'd think twice about chucking it out a high window when you reached the end.
( hopefully the sequel will be worth this pain!)
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The best isolated thrillers understand something about people: take away the exits and the truth comes out fast
I made a list of 9 books that trap you with the characters — and the settings are half the horror
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#BookSky #ThrillerBooks #IsolatedThrillers
Everything I could get my hands on! Wrinkle in Time, Chronicles of Narnia, Bridge to Teribithia, Tuck Everlasting. Nancy Drew when I was very wee. By about 5th grade I graduated to Victoria Holt and Gothic novels 😁
"May you be consumed as a coal upon the hearth. May you dry up as water in a pail. May you become as small as a linseed grain, and much smaller than the hip bone of an itch-mite, and may you become so small that you become nothing."
Inamorata - Ava Reid
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Was an excellent read! This one will stay with you. The Kindle edition however is so poorly edited I almost dnf'd it. There are typos, missing or wrong words on nearly every page. Opt for a print version if you can find one.
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Digital watercolor fanart of Hansry. Henry carries Hans in a princess fashion through the snowy forest.
Hansry digital fan art in the style of medieval fairytales. Hans and Henry stand in a gentle embrace. They are surrounded by a forest and an intricate border with flowers and yellow birds.
Digital art depicting my Victorian OC's Erik and Terence. Terence is horseback while Erik stand near the horse and kisses Terence's hand
Watercolour artwork of My victorian OC's Eric and Terence kissing passionately.
It's my birthday today! The best gift for an artist is sharing their work!
Or if you feel like it, consider supporting my Patreon!
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#art #fanart #mmart #mmromance #transmascartist #queerart
50 best horror book challenge progress report:
Just finished Lunar Park ( @breteastonellis.bsky.social has a very scary mind)
This brings my total read to 30/50
Up next is The Dark Valley by Joe Donnelly
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Whoo hoo!!
" Black Tom smiled faintly but shook his head. " Every time I was around them, they acted like I was a monster. So I said goddammit, I'll be the worst monster you ever saw!"
The Ballad of Black Tom - Victor LaValle
I have goosebumps - not bad for a book you can read in an hour.
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From Hemlock & Silver - T Kingfisher
"Cats all know they're smarter than you are , and they're smug as hell about it.( This is not to say that there aren't kind & loyal & humble cats out there. There probably are. I'm just saying that even the nicest cat in the world thinks it's funny when you fall down the stairs.)
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" It is a sorrow to poisoners everywhere that very few substances dissolve on contact with meat."
Hemlock and Silver
T Kingfisher
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Today was library day. A new release and 4 more for the 50 best horror challenge!!
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From Experimental Film by Gemma Files
" The problem with all numinous things is that you can't just take somebody's word about them, especially the ones you're warned away from. You HAVE to look at them, eventually,to know they're really there. You look at them even though you know it's not a good idea too. You can't not "🩸📚💙#bookquote
Sweet!
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BOTM arrived today. So, after The Only Good Indians, which I will probably finish in another hour or so, do I lighten up or go darker? Thoughts?
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Sleep? Who needs it? I've only got 150 pages to go 😁
" An elk mother,cornered, will slash with her hooves and tear with her mouth and even offer the hope of her own hamstrings,and if none of that works, she'll rise again years and years later, because it's never over, it's always just beginning again."
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Excellent question! I'd say my glasses! Does that count? Without out them I think I'd be dead 😮
Oh absolutely!
Zombie Sharks with Metal Teeth!! A+
He's brilliant!! I'm only about 4 chapters in so far and I'm loving it.