Adventures in Imaginary Worlds

I'm a Catholic writer and reader. I like books, TV shows, and movies and I talk about them here, and I'll reblog anything that catches my fancy.

[marukatze-exe]

when we rewatched lotr, my husband said king Theoden looks like he's on a coin... and yeaaaah

[sxpositive]

book asks:

book you’ve reread the most times?

top 5 books of all time?

what is your favourite genre?

what sections of a bookstore do you browse?

where do you buy books?

what books have you read in the last month?

is there a series/book that got you into reading?

what is the first book you remember reading yourself?

when do you tend to read most?

do you have a guilty fav?

what non-fiction books do you like if any?

did you enjoy any compulsory high school readings?

do you have a goodreads?

do you ever mark/dog ear books you own?

recommend and review a book.

how many books have you read this year?

top 5 children’s books?

do you like historical books? which time period?

most disliked popular books?

what are things you look for in a book?

[partywithponies]

My woke take, as someone who has worked in both a public library and a school library, is that we desperately need both more books that are at a higher reading level but a less mature subject matter, and more books that are at a lower reading level but a more mature subject matter, because 8 year olds who are advanced readers are still 8 year olds and don't want to read about graphic violence and torture, and teens and adults who have learning difficulties or who are just later readers for whatever reason are still teens and adults and don't want to read about Billy the Bunny going to school or whatever the hell.

[partywithponies]

Shoutout to people in the notes also mentioning people learning the language, I should've mentioned that really, given that I've been stuck reading German picture books myself while learning German.

[harvestheart]

The secluded village of Zalipie in southeastern Poland is home to a charming tradition. Over a century ago the women of the village began to paint their houses.

HH:  Look at that cute little dog house.

[maybemacdc]

[purplesigebert]

@randomestfandoms @sergeantpixie

[iknowshitaboutfashion]

Dispatch riders in WWII England

[usedcarheaven]

[pdouwes]

epic iii · singing la, la, la, la, la, la, la. » 19/?

{ tom hewitt & amber gray }

[glowsticks-and-jesus-deactivate]

Isn’t it just the coolest thing that we can talk to Jesus directly? Like… we don’t need temples or blood sacrifices or offerings or idols.. we can just go the creator of the whole universe and tell Him everything on our hearts and minds. How amazing is that?

[fictionadventurer]

Tbf, people could do that before Christianity, too. The apostles wouldn't have asked Jesus to teach them how to pray (the way John taught his disciples) if prayer weren't something that ordinary people were allowed to do.

[fictionadventurer]

I've seen stories where the author acts like the horse is a motorcycle, or that basically any animal is a dog.

Not until Henry Wadsworth Longfellow has a writer given me, "The canoe is a horse."

I mean, good on him for knowing that horses aren't native to the Americas, but it's really funny how often Hiawatha pats his canoe and it shivers beneath his hand and leaps forward eagerly, etc.

[sailforvalinor]

Modern day adaptation of the “all young ladies keep a journal” scene from Northanger Abbey where Tilney clocks Catherine as a Tumblrina after only ten minutes of speaking with her (there’s no other way she could’ve picked up those speech patterns) (he knows this because he’s been on Tumblr since Dashcon)

[sailforvalinor]

Catherine’s questions about John Thorpe’s taste in books are utterly dismissed and it instead becomes clear that he’s something of a film bro. He then proceeds to go on a fifteen minute rant about the genius of The Wolf of Wall Street and seems on the verge of showing Catherine his Letterboxd until Tilney intervenes by loudly proclaiming that his favorite Scorsese movie is his obscure 1973 mafia film Goncharov

[stingrayextraordinaire]

Literature Moodboards // Persuasion by Jane Austen

When pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.

[thesweetnessofspring]

And sometimes he and Roaring Abel smoked fiercely the whole evening and never said a word, while Cissy lay in the hammock swung between the verandah posts and Valancy sat idly on the steps, her hands clasped over her knees, and wondered dreamily if she were really Valancy Stirling and if it were only three weeks since she had left the ugly old house on Elm Street.

🏰HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY TO THE BLUE CASTLE!

For the 100th birthday of one of my favorite books, I commissioned @sparemoon to do an art piece of Valancy, Barney, Cissy, and Roaring Abel. There were certain elements from the book that I wanted in the piece, and @sparemoon combined them all so skillfully and with the beauty and wonder that the book evokes, I could cry looking at this. I'm particularly thrilled that we now have art with Cissy and Roaring Abel, and more of Valancy and Barney.

The Blue Castle may sometimes be an overlooked little book, but it certainly now has a @dustpileofherown thanks to the fandom we've found here. 🩵

[whenthegoldrays]

twinkling watermelon, 2023 // a luc bat by @fictionadventurer

[daily-rayless]

In honor of the hundredth anniversary of The Blue Castle, @dustpileofherown sent out a call for a hundred new TBC fan works. So here's Valancy and her beloved cat Good Luck.

[sirarxen4]

Hmmm.

[smartlovingunitedtough]

Wood block color prints by gustave baumann

[lady-merian]

Progress pictures under the cut

And again the final result!

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