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[cortland]

Books I’ve Read ⟶ Sadie - Courtney Summers

I wish this was a love story. A love story about lovers whose mouths meet like two puzzle pieces fitting perfectly into place, about the electric feeling of one person’s name on the other’s tongue because no one has ever spoken them out loud like that before. About people who spend the night together looking at the stars until entire constellations exist within them. Everyone is perfect in that indistinct way most characters are and every perfectly constructed scene in their fictional lives is somehow more real than anything you’ve known or lived. Love stories, romances, leave a person secure in the knowledge they’ll end Happily Ever After and who wouldn’t want a story like that? I wish this was a love story because I know how it goes in one like mine, where the only moments of reprieve are the spaces between its lines.

[lucysunderground]

favorite reads ☆ Sadie by Courtney Summers 

“How do you forgive the people who are supposed to protect you? Sometimes, I don’t know what I miss more; everything I’ve lost or everything I never had.”

[melaniestryder]

“Eight full lives,” I whispered against his jaw, my voice breaking. “Eight full lives and I never found anyone I would stay on a planet for, anyone I would follow when they left. I never found a partner. Why now? Why you? You’re not of my species. How can you be my partner?” “It’s a strange universe,” he murmured.

[midwesterngothic]

the aesthetic of american far right christianity is horrifying

[creaturey]

run-down signs screaming about hell in the middle of nowhere is my aesthetic though

[kaci3po]

You don’t know true pants-shitting fear until you’re driving in the middle of nowhere, not a single sign of civilization as far as the eye can see, haven’t seen another living being in three hours, and then out of nowhere suddenly looms a half-destroyed barn with the words “HELL IS REAL” painted on what remains of the roof.

[fantastigasmical]

I’ll be honest, you could say most of these were from a horror game and I wouldn’t doubt you. 

[maybewareoldnoonefindthis]

Implying America isn’t a horror game lately.

[rubynemesis]

America isn’t a game. It is just a horror.

[conquerorwurm]

[copperhamster]

Visible from i-40, between Interstate 40 and old Route 66, the Groom, TX cross

[sonneillonv-deactivated20220218]

Englewood Ohio

[stonecoldfemme]

@saathi1013

[saathi1013]

#i feel like you would appreciate this

YEP.

[theexistentiallyqueer]

hey so fun fact about that last one

it’s located right by the I-75 highway and anyone driving in or out of cincinnati could see it from the road and it was horrifying the first time i saw it because i felt like i was about to die.

the statue was called king of kings, but i only ever heard it referred to as touchdown jesus. just imagine yourself kicking a football through those lofty open arms…..ohio 1, satan 0.

in 2010 touchdown jesus was very sadly struck by lightning and burned down, possibly because so many heathens were calling him touchdown jesus and imagining playing football with the lord. or possibly because that’s just what happens when you build a giant styrofoam and fiberglass statue next to an artificial pond on a hill in the middle of rural ohio.

fortunately our good friends down in englewood have contingency plans for god’s wrath and the end of the world, so they built a new statue named lux mundi. unfortunately, lux mundi is not as amped to play football.

but he does look like he’s down for hugs.

RIP, touchdown jesus. we miss you. 😢

[glamourcat28]

The skeletal remains of touchdown Jesus is one of the more horrifying things I’ve seen.

[zephyrantha]

The line “heathens were calling him touchdown Jesus and imagining playing football with the Lord” is hilarious to me because one of the most pervasive Christian summer camp/“get the kids excited” songs is called My Father’s House and talks about Heaven as a great vacation destination, and everyone’s favorite line is “It’s a big, big yard where we can play football! TOUCHDOWN!” And yes, please do imagine several hundred kids getting more excited about playing football with God than literally anything else that week.

[adobe-outdesign]

🅱️ig 🅱️utter Jesus

[coyotesmokebreak]

YALL DONT KNOW THE BIG BUTTER JESUS SONG???

[felis-praecantrix]

@cannibalcoalition eyyyy did you ever get to see Touchdown Jesus on your travels?

[libraford]

I don’t ever go by Englewood. I pretty much stay between columbus and indy. 

[jabberwockypie]

[queenoftherebels-deactivated202]

“If books do have the power to bring people together, this one may work its magic.” ↳ The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)

[you-oughtaa-know-deactivated201]

I just realized all the kids growing up with Spotify don’t have to spend money on specific music anymore, so they probably won’t have the memory of saving up money to buy their first CD and having it be something super cringy…like I think I saved up $15 for three weeks to buy the Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack at Barnes & Noble when I was 9 and I was really proud of myself for that. Add your first CD you were way too proud of buying in the tags

[alwaysblind]

“your full name without an E,F,R,S,K,I,M,L,C,A,Y,N”

Hh

[tboyfag]

hop obts

[keranos-god-of-storm-crows]

U p

[hollowtones]

poor, sweet “EFFERSKIM CLAYNER” will now have NO NAME thanks to this monstrous meme…

[hrast-ika]

____ _up__

[grrover]

no one talks about how rick riordan literally scammed disney 

[grrover]

dead ass pjo was that seemingly “normal” kids fantasy series with a seemingly white straight kid saving the world and it’s a fucking success. percy jackson? iconic! ppl fucking love percy and his character and then hoo comes out? everyone is pumped bc everyone is in love with that world. the first book? two main bad ass poc characters. the second book? two more bad ass poc characters! the fourth book and there’s literally a gay character and it’s not like disney could say no. hoo ends and then there’s magnus chase and ppl are fucking pumped bc that’s annabeth chase’s cousin and in the first book there’s a muslim girl and by the second book there’s a transgender and genderfluid character. trials of apollo? a main gay couple in a happy relationship and a fucking bi character. could disney say no? no. literal 10 year olds are reading books with heaps of representation all published by disney. rick riordan played the game. you step in thinking ur just gonna get white cishets and you walk out surrounded by different cultures and rainbows.

tldr; rick started out with the basic pasty white and straight series which got hella successful and used his success to pusblish more books and allow only one (1) cishet and only one (1) white

[grrover]

i doubt he planned it but deadass it would be so funny if that’s what happened

[kaylapocalypse-deactivated20201]

I saw him speak on /writing in the UK right before (or early in on when) his series hit it big. Planned. Definitely planned. 

[runwithskizzers]

Thousand percent planned. Also Percy? Has a learning disability. RR’s son inspired him to write bc he is ADHD and dyslexic. This was all planned. He is all about inclusivity and representation.

[hurricane-eggbeater]

He just recently turned down an invitation to be recognized by the Texas state legislature because of of their new bathroom bill.

[thewellofastarael]

He also makes his books incredibly funny, which is rather rare for YA and makes them more accessible to kids who don’t really like to read. In addition to having loads of POV character who have trouble reading themselves.

For those who’ve been living under a YA rock, this is Rick Riordan:

(this was the gay character in the second series)

(and the trans character in a later series)

[meeshay]

Let’s not forget that he has an interest in the mythologies of other countries, but instead of writing them himself promotes other writers through his “Rick Riordan Presents” publishing imprint to do so!

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/kids/aru-shah-end-time-kicks-off-terrific-new-series-inspired-rick-riordan/

[survivethefeels]

Laughing forever at Sabres keys to the game

[boredbbyy]

can’t help falling in love on a kalimba

[buttonpoetry]

From Sierra Demulder’s book, WE SLEPT HERE.

[justphilkas-blog]

“she said…that she never liked me anyway”

“yeah, right”

[asciuto]

you hold your child as tight as you can. [then push away the unimaginable.] (x)

[aesopquarriman]

[takenbyzico-blog]

Visit Original Link

[midsommars-deactivated20201109]

💙Peter wearing Lara Jean’s Favorite Scrunchie 💙

[agrossunderstatement]

I’m Not Connor McDavid

I was perched up on that chair. On my tippy toes … all ready to go. I just had to take that one last step and it all would’ve been over. The end.

Keeping anxiety and depression under wraps in minor league hockey – detailed discussion of suicide attempt, take care when reading.