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.

[saturnvs]

fight

[fictionadventurer]

Just wanted to say that I hope you get a fun day trip soon! 🧡🧡

Thanks so much! I don't have anything specific planned yet, but I'm holding out hope I can do something before the end of summer.

[fictionadventurer]

1, 4, and 20 for the book asks, if they haven’t been asked already!

1. book you’ve reread the most times?

Probably a Little House or Babysitter Club book from when I was a kid. Ella Enchanted, Brine and Bone, and 84, Charing Cross Road have to be right up toward the top when it comes to reads in adulthood.

4. what sections of a bookstore do you browse?

In addition to what I've already mentioned, the huge used book store that I usually only visit once a year has a nonfiction section that's surprisingly my favorite section of the store. Lots of obscure, interesting books that you can't get anywhere else.

20. what are things you look for in a book?

I like finding a writer who I can "befriend". Something about their style that brings out a personality and a worldview that I like and can trust in future books.

[fictionadventurer]

Book asks: 4, 5, 18, 20

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?

4. I prioritize middle grade, classics, and general fiction. I will browse other things as time/inclination allow.

5. I get most of my physical books from one of three thrift stores or from the used bookshop in the library. The library has by far the best prices, but the most expensive thrift store has a surprising habit of stocking whatever obscure book I happen to be looking for.

18. I read surprisingly little historical fiction. I'm more likely to read books written in other time periods. When I do read historical fiction, it's most likely something set in the 19th or early 20th century or during WWII. I have read a few things set in medieval/ancient European settings, though.

20. A well-paced plot, characters I care about, some element of the world or philosophy that provides good food for thought. But the most valuable thing is writing style. A good style can carry me along better than almost anything else and can cover for a lot of other flaws. A style that doesn't gel with my brain can make even a great book torturous.

[myelicia]

Prix ​​Vojtech ( 1873 – 1944 )

Myrtille

[fictionadventurer]

Can't get going on my day because I'm too traumatized by classic Australian children's literature.

[miraclewhipofficial]

“sparkling water” sounds… so pure. so aesthetically pleasing. but in actuality? it is…. Repulsive

[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