dead by to be read

📚 gimme books 🐛 genuine bookworm 📚

[dead-by-tbr]

The bookworm is hungry. Feed the worm.

[classicalcanvas]

Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette (1886) by Vincent van Gogh

[dead-by-tbr]

Life is hard. I feel like a disappointment in everything and nothing at the same time. I feel so invisible when all I do is care for others. I want to be seen as a whole, not for what they value in me. I'm more than my kind actions and my body. Maybe cicadas are right to hide away for years until they decide to be seen.

[paper-mario-wiki]

there should be a tax that youtubers pay where 1.5% of all of their revenue goes back to Kevin Macleod for basically supplying YouTube with it’s own soundtrack.

[fooliofailure]

who is this man and what music did he make???

[paper-mario-wiki]

if you hear a royalty free song on youtube, there’s approximately an 80% chance Kevin Macleod wrote it.

here’s some you’ve almost definitely heard:

[paper-mario-wiki]

for those wondering, yes, he also made THE generic royalty free song that was EVERYWHERE in 2014.

[shinosarna]

He has a Patreon!

And he doesn’t even make a 1000$ per month!

also, his site incompetech.com also has graph paper generators, if you’re in need of that. It has any kind of graph paper - INCLUDING hex paper, you tabletop gamers out there! (or knitting paper if you’re into that)

[funnycomputer]

HOHOHOHO?

[tinaalsgirl]

Y'all, I’ve been a fan of Kevin MacLeod for YEARS. I can identify his music within two seconds. He’s a fucking genius and he deserves all the love and credit and money people can give.

[starhalation]

He scored invader zim AND xiaolin showdown

[poppletoninkzine]

LGBTQ+ Retellings

Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa

The Princess Deception by Nell Stark

The Song Of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Sleeper and The Spindle by Neil Gaiman

Self Made Boys by Anna-Marie McLemore

Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

The Princess and The Fangirl by Ashley Poston

Northranger by Rey Terciero

Epically Earnest by Molly Horan

Twelfth Grade Night by Molly Horton Booth and Stephanie Kate Strohm

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

Peter Darling by Austin Chant

Mismatched by Anne Camlin

Girls Made Of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust

Escaping Mr. Rochester by L.L. McKinney

The Seafarer's Kiss by Julia Ember

Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher

[inkcurlsandknives]

Adding to the list

- Evergreen by Devin Greenlee (gay Rapunzel retelling )

- Saints of Storm and Sorrow by Gabriella Buba (bisexual and sapphic retelling of the Tagalog Creation Story)

[book-challenger]

Also adding

Malice by Heather Walter (sleeping beauty)

The midnight girls by Alicia Jasinska(polish folklore)

This fatal kiss by Alicia Jasinska(Slavic folklore, little mermaid)

Seven tears at high tide by C.B. Lee(selkie folklore)

Once & future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cory McCarthy(King Arthur)

Bone spindle by Leslie Vedder (briar rose)

Have not read, but are on to read list.

Not good for maidens by Tori Bovalino(goblin market)

Teach the torches to burn by Caleb Roehrig(Romeo and Juliet)

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

for more: x

Books featured:

✨ The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller 🌙 The Nightmare Verse Series - LL McKinney ✨ Icarus - K. Ancrum 🌙 A Clash of Steel - CB Lee ✨ Cinderella is Dead - Kalynn Bayron 🌙 The Fox Maidens - Robin Ha ✨ Briar Girls - Rebecca Kim Wells 🌙 Beast - Brie Spangler ✨ Malice - Heather Walter

🌙 The Witch and the Vampire - Francesca Flores ✨ Gwen & Art Are Not in Love - Lex Croucher 🌙 The Magic Fix - Trung Le Nguyen ✨ Not Good for Maidens - Tori Bovalino 🌙 Relit - Various ✨ Tink and Wendy - Kelly Ann Jacobso 🌙 Hunting Monsters - S.L. Huang ✨ Burning Roses - S.L. Huang 🌙 Caged Bird Rising - Nino Delia

✨ Summer in the City of Roses - Michelle Ruiz Keil 🌙 A Lake of Feathers and Moonbeams - Dax Murray ✨ Girl, Serpent, Thorn - Melissa Bashardoust 🌙 Winterglass - Benjanun Sriduangkaew ✨ Robber Girl - S.T. Gibson 🌙 Ash - Malinda Lo ✨ Sword In The Stars - Amy Rose Capetta & Cori McCarthy 🌙 Darling - K. Ancrum ✨ Girls Made of Snow and Glass - Melissa Bashardoust

🌙 Dark And Deepest Red - Anna-Marie McLemore ✨ Ghost Wood Song - Erica Waters 🌙 His Hideous Heart - Various ✨ The Bone Spindle - Leslie Vedder 🌙 Legendborn By Tracey Deonn ✨ The Midnight Girls - Alicia Jasinska 🌙 Iron Widow - Xiran Jay Zhao ✨ The Mercies - Kiran Millwood Hargrave 🌙 She Who Became the Sun - Shelley Parker-Chan

[caffeinated-bibliophile]

Also: My Dear Henry by Kalynn Bayron (Jekyll & Hyde)

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[xiranjayzhao]

This news story is literally just the plot of Iron Widow and it's killin me

[alleesaur]

i enjoy this particular genre of creature

[alleesaur]

a few more that were brought to my attention that i liked a lot

carfy from kirby and teeny sanguini from dragon quest!! in addition to the tokomon from digimon and poogle from neopets >:3c

[secondlina]

Shimmery reminder that our pin pre-order is still going on~☆ 📌📌📌📌📌📌📌

Check it out here!

[maruti-bitamin]

Tree spirit

ink+watercolour

twitter/ insta/bluesky/ store

[todaysbird]

fun thing about herding and/or generally neurotic breeds: they are really good at following rules you have instituted, but they will also make their own Dog Rules they will follow stringently whether or not you like it

[todaysbird]

despite never being reprimanded for getting sick if my dog throws up she will ‘tattle’ on herself and run over to me, show me the throw up, then hide and start shaking uncontrollably. nobody taught her to do this. she has decided that throwing up is a punishable offense until the end of time

[ajarofpickledtears]

[todaysbird]

my dog has decided that it’s solely on her shoulders to ensure there is peace in my house…if the cats fight she stands between them to ‘break it up’ and/or herds them away, if my rats have an argument she goes to the cage door and barks until they stop. not sure why she has decided she must carry the weight of the world but she has

[fauxcoral]

[mossworm]

she's so cute, how do I talk to her

[smollbabyluna-blog]

[reachartwork]

witch-knight

[xiaq]

Still baffling to me that I made this room in my house. It’s mine. I can just go sit in it whenever. Wild.

[todaysbird]

it irritates me to no end when people say north american birds are dull in comparison to other countries’ birds

blue jay

american kestrel

painted bunting

yellow-throated vireo

cerulean warbler

baltimore oriole

american goldfinch

northern cardinal

x

[mind-if-i-scream]

You’re forgetting the red wing black bird and the great and snowy egret. Best birds of the marsh!

I love how they’re all looking into the camera like they’re modeling.

[brunhiddensmusings]

other beautiful featherbeasts include orb bird

stylish accessory bird

loud and delicious bird

bird that will kung fu your face while you are grilling in your backyard

overly dramatic fishwizard bird

demonic creepy noise duck

assorted sky-cats

screaming inflatable doofus bird

stump

not technically native but it poops on my lawn

toasted marshmallow friend

[imyrdungeonmaster]

How.. could you forget… MEEP… MEEP

[rannulfr]

One of my favorite North American birds is the Californian Mountain Chickadee.

This pudgy little bastard has a call that sounds like “Cheeseburger”.

[Listen]

[elodieunderglass]

some nice kids, thanks @fozmeadows

[kinfriday]

Surprised no one has yet included nature’s goth blue jay, the Stellar Jay.

Adding some pacific northwest birds since I see them regularly and I love them to death:

Western tanager

Violet-green swallow

Anna’s hummingbird

Varied thrush (aka twin peaks intro bird)

[a-swoop-of-swallows]

what about the swooper

And the musical little fellow that you hear all the time and don’t even realize