Lex’s Blog

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'You seem to be clean,’ Terminus decided. ‘Do you have anything to declare?'

'Yes,' Percy said. 'I declare this is stupid.’

- Percy Jackson, The Son of Neptune

Oh how I’ve missed Percy’s sarcasm 😂

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The point wasn't that you tried to live forever; the point was that you lived, and did everything you could to live well. The point was the choices you made and the people you loved.

- Simon Lewis, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy

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Maybe that was it: the question of guilt handed down through bloodlines, the sins of the fathers visited on not just their sons but their friends, neighbors, and random acquaintances who happened to have similarly shaped ears. You couldn't just indict an entire people or in this case, Downworlder species—because you didn't like how a few of them behaved.

- Simon Lewis, Tales From The Shadowhunter Academy

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"Love, real love, is being seen. Being known. Knowing the ugliest part of someone, and loving them anyway. And...I guess I think two people in love become something else, something more than the sum of their parts, you know? That it must be like you're creating a new world that exists just for the two of you. You're gods of your own pocket universe."

- Michael Herondale, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy

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Can everyone who reads this PLEASE reblog it?!?!?  Libraries literally saved my life as a child!

Being abused at home, bullied at school and lost in the world, the library and all the books I could escape to the most amazing worlds, kept me alive!

I would walk to the library, and spend all day, from 10 am to 9 pm reading there!! I got special awards for how many books I read, I wrote little blurbs on why i loved the books (probably why I love to BETA and do ARCs) 

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE Just hit the green arrows and the reblog!!!

As a 50 year old woman, the library offers me so much. Digital art pads to borrow, 3D printing, book clubs that are face to face (yeah, the introvert likes face to face because a moderator will stomp on anyone getting snarky)

New books in LARGE PRINT! I’m visually challenged and as much as I love my kindle, The feel of a real book in my hands will always be a beloved feeling!

Our library also has quarterly books sales of almost free books!! For 5$USD we get in a day early and can buy as many as we want. Anyone else has to wait and there is a limit for the first 2 days.

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Also many, many libraries have inter library loan(it may be called something different). This means if they don’t have the item you want, they can get it for you. This may include photocopy/pdf of articles. This can also include along with books and DVDs, microfilm/fiche which is also a huge resource. Check around for libraries that are listed as depositories if you want to look at government documents.

Remember that many colleges and universities have open stacks for the public. You will likely have to pay a membership fee but you will get to stuff.

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I love the library ☺

[icycove]

The library was one of my favorite places to go as a kid and I still live to go and just. Sit and read. Or do homework. The university I’m at has a massive 8-story one I love to just wonder around in~ Great places

[jaks21]

Libraries are amazing places, we need to protect them to ensure their continued existence.

[earhartsease]

I used to wander about the fiction section in my local library, and choose books with the most interesting titles - I discovered two amazing authors that way

[vaginadude]

If you feel disconnected from your local community & want to find ways to get involved, seriously consider spending some time at the library. Go to some events! Organize a reading group!

[mathcat345]

Support your libraries!

Read banned books!

People who don’t learn can be more easily controlled and told what to think!

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“Every decision you make, makes you. Never let other people choose who you’re going to be.”

- Catarina, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy

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“Saying that what you do isn’t important is like saying we shouldn’t bother learning how to read or write because it doesn’t keep us alive.”

- Hades, Lore Olympus

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“But, remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.”

- Dionysus, Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrinth

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"Romance is something to engage in to get a clearer picture of yourself. In both good ways and bad."

- Mitsuru Umezaki, Is Love the Answer?

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"I'm asexual. That's what I am. There might be other possibilities. Maybe a year from now, I might identify differently. But right now, that's what feels right to me. I want to decide on a place that makes sense to me for my own sake, and no one else's."

- Chika Hanai, Is Love the Answer?

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"The important thing isn't to have others recognise that you're asexual. It's to decide the path that feels right to you."

- Shinobu Ishii, Is Love the Answer?

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"You don't have to conform to some generic idea of what asexuality is. If you think you're asexual, that's enough."

- Shinobu Ishii, Is Love the Answer?

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Book Review: The Cruel Prince

The odd thing about ambition is this: You can acquire it like a fever, but it is not so easy to shed. – Jude Of course I want to be like the

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"They [asexuals] try to appear legitimate in the eyes of other asexual people and society. Because they don't want to say they're using asexuality 'as an excuse because they can't get sex even though they want it,' or because it's 'a trend.'"

- Shinobu Ishii, Is Love the Answer?

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November 2023 Wrap-Up

November has been quite the busy month for me! I was extremely busy at work, a friend’s birthday was coming up, I had Christmas shopping to

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"In the darkness of outer space...I thought Earth was the only planet in existence. But I have a wider view now. Everyone lives life carrying something different from the norm. The 'normal' I longed for when I was little probably doesn't exist anywhere. Everyone lives on their own plant. But mutual understanding is possible through communication. There's an infinite expansion of starlight. I just couldn't see it before."

- Chika Hanai, Is Love the Answer?

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"Whether someone likes or doesn't like somebody isn't for anyone else to decide."

Is Love the Answer?