amanda jaye

24. ny. a big bisexual nerd. i'm in love w kaz brekker, and i'm not sorry. i read too many books. lately: the cruel prince/the wicked king, graceling/fire/bitterblue, and of course, six of crows/the crooked kingdom. (header by @rosiethorns88!)

[filthyhands-blog]

i don’t even know what i’m writing here and why.

i guess just to get my thoughts out of my head so i can sleep before 5am, so i can wake up at 10 and go to a thing with my friend.

i want to be an editor. it sounds like decent work and people seem to make decent money doing it. i’m qualified in that i have a pretty extensive knowledge of grammar and what “Feels right” in terms of phrasing and sentence length. i’m also decent at spelling, and if there’s a word i don’t know, i, like many millennials and younger generations, know how to use google. 

problem is i don’t have experience. there’s an editorial freelancers’ association that i’d like to join, but membership is expensive.

i was considering advertising on fiverr or something like that.

i also just posted in a rather large facebook group i’m on for writers where i’m offering to edit for someone for free just to get some experience and feel it out and see if i like it.

i also applied to barnes and noble today even though i’m HELLA anxious about the cover letter i half-assed. but honestly it’s a RETAIL STORE and SURE it’s the retail store where allegedly smart people flock to hang out, but it’s also retail and i’ve never submitted a fucking cover letter for retail

ALSO IM STILL EMPLOYED??? i haven’t LEFT my job yet. i’ve been on personal leave technically since mid march and like.......... i’m not going back

i need to sort that out this week. i might. 

i’m just stressed.

and like i keep going back to tinder, okcupid, etc to try and meet someone who will be a bright spot among the stressful areas of my life right now, buuuut everyone i talk to kinda sucks and i just find myself disinterested after like several messages

and i’m just asdfjakls;dflakmsfd;alskdmfasdf

i feel ugly also like my hair is so fuckin ugly rn fuck

[filthyhands-blog]

May TBR

no one really cares what books i’m going to read this month, but in case you wanted some recommendations, here’s what i plan to read!

currently: renegades by marissa meyer

and then:

-archenemies by marissa meyer

-scythe by neal schusterman

-thunderhead by neal schusterman

-we set the dark on fire by tehlor kay mejia

-the gilded wolves by roshani chokshi

-caraval by stephanie garber

-smashed by junji ito

-snotgirl 1&2 by bryan lee o’malley and leslie hung

-moonstruck 1&2 by grace ellis & shae beagle 

i’ve got a little bit of everything planned!

i will also be reading stranger in a strange land by robert heinlin along with my mother! :) 

[elodieunderglass]

on the validity of recognizing emotions

[herondaleswilliam]

@sixofcrowsnet heist: grisha  → corporalki

Corporalki, or the Order of the Living and the Dead, are Grisha whose power focuses on the human body. In the Second Army, they wear crimson kefta.

[graecian-archive]

@perseusnet​ ··– q u e s t # 1, favorite character · · · nico di angelo

     “Son of Hades.” Kronos spit on the ground. “Do you love death so much you wish to experience it?”           “Your death,” Nico said, “would be great for me.”

[filthyhands-blog]

so it seems that just when i think i can’t possibly be more obsessed with a book or with characters, a book comes along and steals my attention away from the previous one.

first it was the cruel prince/the wicked king and cardan

then it was six of crows/the crooked kingdom and kaz brekker (ok and jesper and wylan too)

and now it’s carry on and simon snow and baz pitch

so

anyway

boys

amiright?

[filthyhands-blog]

it’s 7:45am and i just finished carry on

so like this if you post anything relating to this book and i’ll follow you when i wake up

c

ause NOW i’m gonna sleep

[baztheplottingvamp]

[kuweiyulbo]

literature family edits ★ nina zenik for @pjo

You wouldn’t know a good time if it sidled up to you and stuck a lollipop in your mouth. 

[filthyhands-blog]

is there uhhhh a six of crows/grishaverse discord?? 

cause i need pals to talk to about my feelings

[sweetestmercutio]

Kaz: (rips a man’s eye from its socket and throws him into the sea)

Me: 

[twiggymcbones]

Finished Six of Crows and almost done with Crooked Kingdom! I love me a ragtag crew and these guys are some of the best 

[rosiethorns88]

Ooooh this was a fun study; had to brush up on my arm anatomy to make sure I could get Kaz posed to *NOT TOUCH* Inej in the most intense game of Operation ever.

The Dregs tattoo is referenced from the Leigh Bardugo commissioned design by Kim Saigh!

[blvnk-art]

Kaz and Inej, from Six of Crows

[chryswatchesgot]

Chrys Watches Got [x] / requests for individuals [x]

[neenya]

“You shouldn’t make friends with crows,” he’d told her.

“Why not?” she asked.

He’d looked up from his desk to answer, but whatever he’d been about to say had vanished on his tongue.

The sun was out for once, and Inej had turned her face to it. Her eyes were shut, her oil-black lashes fanned over her cheeks. The harbor wind had lifted her dark hair, and for a moment Kaz was a boy again, sure that there was magic in this world.

- Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

[bonkai-coven]

[filthyhands-blog]

this is literally perfect holy shit