allthingseurope: Greenan Castle, Scotland (by Jim Richmond) goddamn that’s pretty View high resolution

allthingseurope:

Greenan Castle, Scotland (by Jim Richmond)

goddamn that’s pretty

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A Summary of Harry Potter

  • Hermione: Don't do the thing, Harry!
  • Ron: Let's do the thing, Harry!
  • Snape: Don't do the thing you dunderheaded ball of deaf ignorance.
  • McGonagall: Mr. Potter, don't you dare do the thing.
  • Dumbledore: Hmmm... Perhaps you shouldn't do the thing, but here are some tools, explained in the most vague way possible, to get the thing done, I'm counting on you.
  • Hagrid: All the details about the thing.
  • Sirius: James, I mean,Harry, back in my school days with James, your father,we always did the thing.
  • Remus: Sirius, perhaps you shouldn't encourage him, but if you're going to here's a map to help with the thing.
  • Draco: Potter can't possible accomplish the thing. Prat.
  • Luna: We must go at this thing from the side while riding nargles to freedom.
  • Voldemort: THERE IS NO THING BUT POWER AND THOSE TOO WEAK TO ACCEPT IT!!!
  • Harry: I'm doing the thing! I'm doinG IT RIGHT NOW! CONSIDER THE THING DONE!
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Reading Challenge: Days 10-14

10) Favorite Classic Book:

Pride and Prejudice. I don’t know why I love this book so much. When I first read it in 7th grade, I hated it. When I read it again in 12th grade, I LOVED it. And now I find it fucking hilarious and awesome. 

11) A book you hated:

Every moment reading “The Catcher in the Rye” was excruciatingly painful. Like, as a writer and a reader I get why Sallinger does the things he does and why Holden is the way he is, but I cannot stand reading it. Ugh.

12) A book you used to love but don’t anymore:

Are you guys ready to hear a secret? 

I promise, you’ll laugh.

The first time I read Twilight….I loved it. I own all four books. 

And then I became not-17 and realized how AWFUL it is. Part of this is going to college for writing and realizing how poorly edited it is. Part of it is that I grew the fuck up. The major part is, though, that EDWARD CULLEN IS A SPARKLY STALKER VAMPIRE AND IT’S CREEPY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT. 

13 & 14) Your favorite writer & A book from your favorite writer:

Oh, please don’t make me choose! I’ma give you my top five….

1) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire—J.K. Rowling

2) The Fault in our Stars—John Green

3) The Handmaid’s Tale—Margaret Atwood

4) Trickster’s Queen—Tamora Pierce

5) Pride and Prejudice—Jane Austen. 

This happened.  I’m never going to finish A Dance With Dragons, am I?  View high resolution

This happened. 

I’m never going to finish A Dance With Dragons, am I? 

Who’s your favorite quiddich commentator, Luna Lovegood or Lee Jordan?

wanderingandfound: britreads4fun: So…now I’m pretty sure I’ve read every Tamora Pierce book ever… P.S. Why was this one in first person when the rest of the books in this universe were in third???? She wrote it originally in third person as an audiobook. But when she heard the girl who was cast as the protagonist, she re-wrote the entire thing so that the actress could also be the narrator. Or at least that’s what I think happened. It’s been a while since I last researched this. Oh that’s interesting. I’m not complaining, because I think it works for this particular character—since we don’t NEED to get into anyone else’s brain like we have in past books and since Evvy’s such an…anti-social person, we’ll say, it makes sense for this book to be in first person. It’s just confusing when you’re reading a series and it suddenly shifts like that.  View high resolution

wanderingandfound:

britreads4fun:

So…now I’m pretty sure I’ve read every Tamora Pierce book ever…

P.S. Why was this one in first person when the rest of the books in this universe were in third????

She wrote it originally in third person as an audiobook. But when she heard the girl who was cast as the protagonist, she re-wrote the entire thing so that the actress could also be the narrator.

Or at least that’s what I think happened. It’s been a while since I last researched this.

Oh that’s interesting. I’m not complaining, because I think it works for this particular character—since we don’t NEED to get into anyone else’s brain like we have in past books and since Evvy’s such an…anti-social person, we’ll say, it makes sense for this book to be in first person. It’s just confusing when you’re reading a series and it suddenly shifts like that. 

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So…now I’m pretty sure I’ve read every Tamora Pierce book ever… P.S. Why was this one in first person when the rest of the books in this universe were in third???? View high resolution

So…now I’m pretty sure I’ve read every Tamora Pierce book ever…

P.S. Why was this one in first person when the rest of the books in this universe were in third????

Britwrites4fun

All original work by Brittany Selters.

New stuff up on the writing blog! About Harry Potter! Check it out!

Finished yet another View high resolution

Finished yet another

“
You may not agree with a woman, but to criticize her appearance — as opposed to her ideas or actions — isn’t doing anyone any favors, least of all you. Insulting a woman’s looks when they have nothing to do with the issue at hand implies a lack of comprehension on your part, an inability to engage in high-level thinking. You may think she’s ugly, but everyone else thinks you’re an idiot.
Hillary Clinton (via prevarila)

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Catching up on the reading challenge: days 2-8

2) Book that you’ve read more than 3 times: 

um….most of the ones on my bookshelf. off the top of my head: diary of anne frank, all of the HP books (i think i’m up to the 20’s in that count), trickster’s choice/trickster’s queen, the first 3 princes diaries books, pride and prejudice. 

3) Favorite Series:

Harry Potter. Duh. 

4) Favorite book in your favorite series: 

Harry Potter and………….the Half Blood Prince? it’s kind of tied with Goblet of Fire and Deathly Hallows, but…we’ll go with that. 

5) A book that makes you happy:

all books just make me happy by existing. ok, not ALL, but most. but for the sake of this challenge thingy, we’ll go with……..Pride and Prejudice. 

you thought i was going to say Harry Potter, didn’t you? :p

6) A book that makes you sad:

Twilight and 50 Shades of Grey series make me want to cry just for the fact that they got published with so little editing. 

The Fault in Our Stars makes me sad because I WILL NEVER WRITE SUCH A PRETTY AND TRAGIC STORY, THANKS JOHN GREEN. 

7) Most underrated book: 

Crown Duel and Court Duel by Sherwood Smith. Srsly, go read it. I am probably going to read my beat up copy next if Meg finishes it soon, cause it’s perfect for our podcast. 

8) Most overrated book:

I’m probably going to get slapped by my literary type friends but: The Marriage Plot by Jeffery Eugenidies. (god knows if i spelt that name right)…like, it’s very technically good, but i just could NOT get myself to like the fucking characters. which may or may not have been the point, i’m not sure, but honestly unless the character is a villain, i want to be able to like at least something about the characters. but ugh these people just sucked. 

finished yet another.  i take back what i said earlier this week about tris and daja. i definitely liked them better in these books than i did in the original quartet. i think maybe their 10 year old selves were just more annoying? also, while sandry and briar have A LOT of baggage as well, i think they maybe handled it a little better than tris and daja initially did?  idk. just a thought.  but yeah i super liked this quartet in general, mostly cause i like when tamora pierce mixes the police/serial crime/mystery genre with her worlds. all 4 of these books i read in the course of a day or while i was supposed to be asleep because i just could not put them down until the criminal was caught.  also i super love keth and kind of want to makeout with his stuttering glassmaking self.  next up: will of the empress. i think i’ve read that one before (i’m not sure why i skipped the 2nd quartet? maybe my library didn’t have it? hmmm) and was confused when it wasn’t in tortall cause i had read the original 4 circle books like 8 years prior and just…forgot about them. so this will be a nice reread. and then i also have melting stones and then i’ll have read everything tamora pierce has written so far, i’m pretty sure.  View high resolution

finished yet another. 

i take back what i said earlier this week about tris and daja. i definitely liked them better in these books than i did in the original quartet. i think maybe their 10 year old selves were just more annoying? also, while sandry and briar have A LOT of baggage as well, i think they maybe handled it a little better than tris and daja initially did? 

idk. just a thought. 

but yeah i super liked this quartet in general, mostly cause i like when tamora pierce mixes the police/serial crime/mystery genre with her worlds. all 4 of these books i read in the course of a day or while i was supposed to be asleep because i just could not put them down until the criminal was caught. 

also i super love keth and kind of want to makeout with his stuttering glassmaking self. 

next up: will of the empress. i think i’ve read that one before (i’m not sure why i skipped the 2nd quartet? maybe my library didn’t have it? hmmm) and was confused when it wasn’t in tortall cause i had read the original 4 circle books like 8 years prior and just…forgot about them. so this will be a nice reread. and then i also have melting stones and then i’ll have read everything tamora pierce has written so far, i’m pretty sure. 

thelionsstoryteller:

Rings of Tortall: Female Edition

In order: Beka, Alanna, Daine, Thayet, Buri, Kel, Cricket, Yuki, Lalasa, Aly
Rings made at gemvara.com

I really really really wanna do some for the guys but JESUS i’d be dead; Alanna’s guys, Kel’s guys, jesus. But, can you imagine Neal’s? or Merric’s? Or Owen’s? Or Gareth’s, Raoul’s? Jon’s? I WANNA, I WANNA. And I know, I know, I don’t have Dove’s ring, but I have to add her in after the fact, okay -.-

i want the alanna and aly ones. 

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danyulsflameprincess: ohshewentthere: verityinspades: regulateddiscord: jake-horsecock-english: dinosaurchickenuggets: “If you’re from the sea…why do you have legs?” #omg does that mean like #mulan is janice #and kuzco is damien this is kuzco. he’s almost too gay to function. I need art of that. omg WANT #Who would be Glen Coco #I need Glen Coco omg Cinderella you can’t just ask people why they have legs View high resolution

danyulsflameprincess:

ohshewentthere:

verityinspades:

regulateddiscord:

jake-horsecock-english:

dinosaurchickenuggets:

“If you’re from the sea…why do you have legs?”

#omg does that mean like #mulan is janice #and kuzco is damien

this is kuzco. he’s almost too gay to function.

I need art of that.

omg WANT

#Who would be Glen Coco #I need Glen Coco

omg Cinderella you can’t just ask people why they have legs

(Source: cahnartist-world)

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FInished another! View high resolution

FInished another!