CoffeeBooksAndAliens

“So many books, so little time.” Frank Zappa

[gogandmagog]

The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery, feat: photos from Polish-Brit television drama ‘Dzwony Wojny’ (or ‘The Passing Bells’)

[cozy-nook]

November 4, 2022

Love from A to Z by S.K. Ali

I'm in love with how perfect this photoshoot had turned out ♡♡

[Do not repost. Reblogs & likes are greatly appreciated]

[cobbbvanth]

star wars, but it’s just the memes pt. 2

HAPPY REVENGE OF THE FIFTH

[aromanticduck]

I came up with this three-way table to help me (and now you, if you want) to rate things out of 5 stars. I was thinking of books and films when I made it, but you can probably use it for other stuff.

The idea is that you rate the thing on how much stuff you loved and how much stuff you hated, and those things weight against each other. There's only one way to get 5 stars or 1 star, so those should end up as the rarest ratings, wtih 3 stars being the most common.

'Spicy' means that the thing inspires emotion, whether positive or negative, while 'bland' means it doesn't affect you much either way.

An example of a 3-star (spicy) - for me personally - would be the Twilight series, because there's plenty of garbage in there but also some things that are like crack to me. I can't think of an example of a 3 star (bland) because by nature they don't stick in the mind.

(This also assumes giving 0 stars isn't allowed. That'd throw it out of whack...)

[thegrimcaptain95]

I absolutely love this bc it’s so like the risk assessment matrix for hazards

[aromanticduck]

Assessing your risk of enjoying a piece of media

[macrolit]

Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte

[slaughter-books]

Day 20: JOMPBPC: Lgbtqia+

Four beautiful lgbtqia+ books, by the talented F.T. Lukens! 🧡

[auraseeingcoffeebean]

All I can say right now is wow. Wow wow wow wow wow. Jeff VanderMeer is definitely one of my favorite authors. I literally feel as if I was actually traveling to different realities...different worlds...and viewing moments through different lenses.

Wow wow wow.

[forthegothicheroine]

OK. Now that I can never read NeverWhere or Good Omens or American Gods again, are there any other authors that are kind of roughly equivalent in terms of tone and subject matter (urban fantasy with a whimsical tone and weird eccentric characters) or am I well and truly out of luck there and just have to look for a different genre altogether

I can make recommendations, but I can't necessarily promise none of the authors have ever done bad things- I'm not usually scrupulous about that, it's just that Neil Gaiman feels personal since we were tumblr mutuals, and since so much of the sff community has been silent about it. It's awful.

In any case, I can offer some recommendations. All of them are their own brand of weirdness, but they are good places to start exploring!

Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott

Last Call by Tim Powers

Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch

Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire

Among Others by Jo Walton

Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter

Our Lady of Darkness by Fritz Leiber

We Weill All Go Down Together by Gemma Files (this one is more horror than fantasy but has the eccentric urban magic vibe)

As always, I'm opening this up to my followers for more recs!

[asexualbookbird]

When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb was pitched for fans of Good Omens, and I gst it, angel and demon get into shenanigans, but as someone who was lukewarm about GO, I LOVED Angels! An absolute delight!

[tak-angina-jasne]

because i ve seen a lot of people talking about starting discworld

REMEMBER THERE ARE FREE AUDIOBOOKS OF ALL OF THOSE BOOKS

here they are

[luxet0bscuritas-blog]

JOMP Book Photo Challenge / November / 4 / gives me the giggles

I had every intention of sharing this photo yesterday, but after a long day at work, I sank into my couch and drifted into sleep, missing the 4th entirely. But perhaps, with a little imagination, we can pretend it's still the 4th of November, just a little longer, right? :3

This book - this beloved gem of mine - was once purchased by a broke student, lost in a new city, trying to quiet the ache of loneliness that comes with leaving home too young. It was a companion to my wandering heart during those early and uncertain days. Now, it serves as a quiet reminder of my time as a literature student. I still flip through its pages from time to time, reading passages I've marked over the years, and every single time, I smile and giggle at the gentle irony.

How every word still resonates, and yet, each reading feels different. It's as though the book is growing with me, unfolding new layers over the years, just as I do.

[ariasmontage]

something for the mind, something for the body

[aroaessidhe]

read in 2024: rereads!

I made a specific effort to reread some favs this year! I also read metal from heaven twice this year....

Archivist Wasp/Latchkey/Firebreak (& additional patreon content)

The Scapegracers trilogy

An Unkindness of Ghosts

The Spear Cuts Through Water

Sorrowland

Metal From Heaven

The Luminous Dead

The Murderbot Diaries (1-4,6)

A Memory Called Empire / A Desolation Called Peace

[asexualbookbird]

How It Started vs How It's Going

Twelve years ago, I picked up a crochet hook to pass the time while dealing with newly diagnosed chronic health issues. Now here I am doing amazing things with yarn 🥰

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Books of 2024: THE GREAT CITIES DUOLOGY by N. K. Jemisin.

[leer-reading-lire]

JOMP Book Photo Challenge || January || 4 || Warm Fuzzies

Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery

[aroaessidhe]

some aspec books coming out in 2024. netgalley, I am in your walls

[aroaessidhe]

Dear Wendy - two aroace MCs

Don't Let The Forest In - ace MC, I think bi & m/m

Fallen Thorns - aroace MC

Moth to a Flame (book 3) - aroace MC, aspec side characters

So Let Them Burn - one of the two MCs is demisexual

Asking For A Friend - aroace MC

The Final Curse of Ophelia Cray - aroace MC

The Loudest Silence - one of the two MCs is an aroace boy

[duckprintspress]

You've finished a physical book (as in, not an e-book, fanfic, etc.). Do you keep it when you're done?

Yes, always

Sometimes, it depends (tell us on what it depends in the tags!)

Never, I always get rid of them (donate, give away, etc.)

I give it back cause I never owned it (I borrow from friends/family

I give it back cause I never owned it (I borrow from the library)

I give it back cause I never owned it (other)

You guys read books???

Something else? (now I'm curious...)

Voting ended onOct 26, 2023

For me, I'll own I usually don't buy books in the first place unless I intend to keep them; first reads are usually from the library or borrowed from a friend, but if I love it I go out and buy it.