Mama Goose

Once upon a time, I decided to live happily ever after. 31, married w/2 kids- 10yo boy 2yo girl. All 3 are proof dreams come true.

[worldofsarahjmaas]

THE TITLE FOR THE FINAL THRONE OF GLASS BOOK IS HERE!!!

[luthientinuvielss]

NESRYN • FALIQ CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD ____________________

••• “You will remember that you may not have magic, but there is mighty power in the strength of ordinary people.”

[rowan-buzzard-whitethorn]

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FINALLY got this done! Thank you everyone for tagging me! @modernbookfae, @catastrophicallyinlovewithbooks, @rayonfrozenwings, @readinglikewildfire, @escapingtheconstrictingboxes, @feyre-starkov, @deziremyacotar, @feysandsmut, @highlady-casandra

omg this is so long. I’m so sorry. Also I say “uhm” way too much.

Name and username

Where are you from?

Pronounce the following words: Archeron, Rhysand, Cresseida, Thesan, Rhoe Galathynius, Illyrian, Manon, Abraxos, Prythian, Lucien, Ianthe, Suriel, Bryaxis, Carridwen and Nuala, Elide, Velaris, Rowan Whitethorn, Chaol Westfall, Yrene Towers, Nehemia Ytger, Rifthold, Adarlan, Chrocan, Kaltain Rompier, Sorscha, Dorian Havilliard, Lyria, Asterion horse, Valg, Eyllwe, wyrdmarks, rowaelin, feysand

How did you find out about the books?

When did you start reading them?

Favorite character from TOG?

Favorite character from ACOTAR?

Have you read The Assassin’s Blade? Do you plan on reading the ACOTAR Novellas?

Favorite ship/s?

Read a page from your favorite book from TOG (or ACOTAR)

Which scene destroyed you the most?

If you read fanfiction, name your favorite or some of your favorites

Undone

Unbound

Dark Paradise

Insufferable

Fave headcanons?

@modernbookfae and @readinglikewildfire- babes.

Favorite quote/s?

If you could choose any piece of media to readapt the Maasverse in, what would you choose? (e.g: movie(s), tv show(s), animation, a musical, videogames, etc)

TOG or ACOTAR? Why?

Which would be your ACOTAR Court? Why?

And last but not least, say 3 unpopular opinions. Do it, go off

I think these people haven’t done it? 

@propshophannah @sparkleywonderful @tntwme @itsawriter @highladyofdreamcourt @cassianandfenrysaremyboyos @cassiancalore

[sammyreno]

I'm very late to this game because I'm on tumblr every 6 months when a new book is released, but I listened to a few of these and yours was by far my favorite & I listened to the entire thing. And no, I don't think your accent is too thick. I'm from New Jersey and was expecting a lot more tang. Plus, I'm a Sam, too! 😘

[jyneerso]

I was pondering the Greek ideals of love. Agape, of course, the highest love, the love that Gods feel. Then eros, romantic love; and philia, the love of friends; and storge, the love of family.

Lady Midnight, Cassandra Clare

[imacrappuchino-blog]

i still don’t comprehend “higher love.” how can it be love, if it’s not the one we feel?

[sammyreno]

@imacrappuchino I love my husband more than life itself, but when I became a mom, it became an entirely different kind of love I've never felt before. That's "higher love" to me. The love that Gods feel is the same love a parent feels for their child. I'd tear the world apart for my husband, but I'd burn every galaxy down for my kids. I can live and thrive without my husband. He doesn't complete me and I don't complete him. My kids, though, I don't know if I could find a reason to breathe without them.

[theprocast]

It’s why we love art so much. Paintings, music, poetry, journals filled to the brim with drawings and sharp words - they explain our feelings. They put into words what we can’t say out loud. They show us we’re not the only ones who feel lost at times, who struggle, who find joy in creativity. Please don’t ever give up on your art. Don’t let anyone convince you it’s not worth it. You don’t know whose day you could light up by showing what they’ve been longing to say but never knew how to.

art / n.j. (via theprocast)

[rhysand-vs-fenrys]

Friendly Reminder:

Cassian has been following Mor to a gay bar for 500 years and has probably never been able to puzzle out why he keeps failing with the ladies.

[propshophannah]

No. Stop. Stop. I’m laffin. So hard.

[sparkleywonderful]

OMFG. I’M DYING. THIS. JUST…COULD YOU IMAGINE HIS REACTION?

[sammyreno]

But we heard how he "compliments" them, so maybe it's just him that wonders why he's striking out. I know I love it when I look drop dead gorgeous and someone tells me I look "official."

[shipwrexked]

Azriel and Elain

The way Azriel reacts to Elain makes me think Elain is his mate. SJ said the fae could have more than one mate back when we were all asking about Aelin and Rowan. So what if she said that knowing she was going to write a character that had more than one mate. What if because of the way she was made the Cauldron crossed some kind of metaphysical line and she ended up being a match for both Lucien AND Azriel! @fuckyeahazriel @propshophannah @sparkleywonderful @crochanblackbeak @paperbacktrash @readinglikewildfire

[readinglikewildfire]

This actually came to my mind.  Espically at that one part when he looks at Elain and then winnows away without saying anything to anyone.  I don’t think I would mind a story like that, that addressed the prospect of having two mates.  Maybe it could have something to do with the fact that the cauldron screwed up, like it gave too much of it power to nesta and now to males think elain is there mate, but elain only has one. 

Actually, I noticed Elain didn’t seem that interested in Lucien, and I understand that was becasue she still loved Graysen and maybe the mate bond hadn’t yet falling into place between the two of them, but what if Elain is Luciens mate and Elain is Azriel’s mate, but Elain only has one (between the two of them) and it hasn’t fallen into place yet.  So what I mean is, Elain can be someones mate but they might not be hers in return

[sammyreno]

Also, the fact that Nesta "stole" from the Cauldron, but Elain was "given" something - maybe since her choices as a human were robbed from her, she was given choices between mates. In the beginning of the book when she says something about no one ever seeing her, Azriel steps up to the plate and begins to see her (and he wasn't even there for that convo about no one seeing her). I wasn't keen on the idea of Lucien and Elain. I like Az and Elain from that very first meeting at the family's human estate, but then when Lucien stood up for her in Hybern, I said "eh, maybe?" But I'm just getting to Part 3 of ACOWAR of my second reading, and every time I see Azriel's name, I think more and more of him and Elain. Just my two cents.

[sammyreno]

TAG! You're it!

RULES : answer these questions in a new post and tag a few others (it says 20 ) thanks dear @dr-woodsprite for tagging me! I tag @sparkleywonderful @readinglikewildfire @propshophannah @annerozacat @the-book-reaper @baaabyjane … I don’t know if its okay to tag u all but there you go … A- Age : I’m 32 B- Birthplace : New Jersey, USA C- Current time : 9:04am D- Drink I had last : chocolate milk E- easiest person to talk to : My mom, my husband, F - favorite song - I love too many songs and genres to pick just one. Ugh. Since it's almost summer, I've been back on hip hop & r&b for now. Once summer is in full swing, I'll switch to rock in time for concerts and festivals that I used to attend religiously. G - grossest memory - The hours before childbirth. I adopted my son, had six miscarriages and was told I'd never carry full term. When I got pregnant with my daughter, I was on bedrest the entire 9 months, disgustingly sick for 8 of them, and as grateful as I am for my little miracle and as much as I love that little girl for the blessing she is, I had an awful pregnancy and would never, ever do it again. I don't even fully trust people who say they enjoy being pregnant. The hours before she came, 🤢🤢, gross. Of course, she was totally worth it and she's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen in my entire life, but getting to that point... gross. H - Horror yes/no : None for me, thanks I - in love ? : With my children? Absolutely. With everything that I am. With my husband? I'll always love him, even if our love has been changing over the last few months. Even if we don't make it through this, yes. I will always love him for the last ten years he's given me, the person he is and the man he wants to be. With myself? I'm getting there again. Last night I made a decision to love myself more. More than I love him. More than I've been loving myself. J - jealous of people : Not usually. I'm more of a "hey you're awesome! I worship you!" person than a "hey you have qualities I love, so I'm going to hate you" person. K- killed someone : Never intentionally. L- love at first sight or should I walk past u again ?- I am a believer in love, in all of its many forms. I do not believe (or maybe I don't want) love will find me again. I got extremely lucky with my husband, and now that it's ending, I'm going to spend the next few years repairing my relationship with myself. M- middle name - Lyn N - no. of siblings : Two older brothers, three sisters-in-law O- One wish : that I raise my children to be good, kind, fearless people who change the world for the better. P - person I called last : Husband Q- Question you are always asked: I'm a mother to an (almost) eleven year old boy and an (almost) three year old girl. The only thing I do all day is answer some of the most absurd questions ever asked. R- Reason to smile..: My children, music, books, sunshine, salt water, summertime. The list is endless. It's pushing through these hard times and forcing myself to smile as everything I ever knew and loved falls apart around me that I find difficult. S - song you last sang - Donnell Jones - Where I Wanna Be T - time you woke up - 7:10 am. Thanks, Ella! 😩I'm not now, nor will I ever be, a morning person. U - underwear colour ? - Yellow V - vacation : I want to take my kids to Disney! W- worst habit : I’m a smoker. I know. I know. X - X-Rays - too many Y - your favorite food - A restaurant in AC called The Continental has BBQ chicken quesadillas with avocado dressing that is similar to an orgasm. Z - Zodiac : Cancer, through and through.

[readinglikewildfire]

Rhysand can speak Illyrian between my thighs

[sarahviehmann]

Hellooo!! I've been reading everything on ur tumblr about acowar and I was wondering how many stars did you did give it or how would you rate it */10? <3

Um, I gave it a 2/5 on Goodreads. Which would translate to a 4/10. Not my favorite book of hers by a long shot.

[sammyreno]

Have you posted why you only gave it 2/5? Or could you please link me to your Goodreads so that I could read your explanation there? I don't disagree with you. It's not my favorite book of hers at all, but I'd still give it a 3/5. I wasn't even a fan of ACOTAR, and read it only because of my love for the TOG series. I don't think I would have finished that book if it wasn't for Rhys (the only interesting character in the book). ACOMAF, I read out of pure curiosity and it was probably my favorite or second favorite book of hers to date. Sticking with the author and her series, I had to read ACOWAR to find out what happened and was generally unenthused throughout - not because of any specific event or plot point, but just the feel of the story. I am on my second, slower reading to take it all in and actually digest the words and scenes, so I may end up agreeing with you that it's only a 2/5 instead a 3/5.

[sarahviehmann]

Hellooo!! I've been reading everything on ur tumblr about acowar and I was wondering how many stars did you did give it or how would you rate it */10? <3

Um, I gave it a 2/5 on Goodreads. Which would translate to a 4/10. Not my favorite book of hers by a long shot.

[sammyreno]

Have you posted why you only gave it 2/5? Or could you please link me to your Goodreads so that I could read your explanation there? I don't disagree with you. It's not my favorite book of hers at all, but I'd still give it a 3/5. I wasn't even a fan of ACOTAR, and read it only because of my love for the TOG series. I don't think I would have finished that book if it wasn't for Rhys (the only interesting character in the book). ACOMAF, I read out of pure curiosity and it was probably my favorite or second favorite book of hers to date. Sticking with the author and her series, I had to read ACOWAR to find out what happened and was generally unenthused throughout - not because of any specific event or plot point, but just the feel of the story. I am on my second, slower reading to take it all in and actually digest the words and scenes, so I may end up agreeing with you that it's only a 2/5 instead a 3/5.

[sammyreno]

ACOWAR : TOG

Spoilers Warning! Do NOT read if you are not finished ACOWAR! Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm on my second, slower read of ACOWAR and this is when I read to digest what I've already sped past in my impatience to find out what happened, and came across this scene with the Carver: “The Carver traced three overlapping, interlocked circles in the dirt. “You have met my sister—my twin. The Weaver, as you now call her. I knew her as Stryga. She, and our older brother, Koschei. How they delighted in this world when we fell into it. How those ancient Fae feared and worshipped them. Had I been braver, I might have bided my time—waited for their power to fade, for that long-ago Fae warrior to trick Stryga into diminishing her power and becoming confined to the Middle. Koschei, too—confined and bound by his little lake on the continent. All before Prythian, before the land was carved up and any High Lord was crowned.” Cassian and I waited, not daring to interrupt. “Clever, that Fae warrior. Her bloodline is long gone now—though a trace still runs through some human line.” He smiled, perhaps a bit sadly. “No one remembers her name. But I do. She would have been my salvation, had I not made my choice long before she walked this earth." “I waited and waited and waited, picking apart the story he laid out like crumbs of bread. “She could not kill them in the end—they were too strong. They could only be contained.” Three overlapping, interlocked circles - isn't that the Eye of Elena?! The two in the middle and the one on the outside. Elena was a Fae warrior, and her bloodline is now only left in humans - Dorian and Aelin. She couldn't kill them and they could only be contained - LIKE IN THE EYE OF ELENA!!!!! Maybe I'm reaching, but my mind is blown until someone tells me otherwise.

[propshophannah]

so, do you think its pretty likely that the following series will follow on from acowar then? I know a lot of people have theorised that it would follow the Miriam/Drakon story or even with entirely different characters in a completely different court, but tbh sjm seems way too invested in the acomaf characaters - especially nessian (she mentions them in like, every single interview she does) and from what ive gathered the ending is really ambiguous and prominent ships not yet established!

Yeah, I think it will follow where ACOWAR ended. They still have to contact the queens (Nesta wants to kill them), they need to work on a peace treaty, and stop any Fae that are hostile to humans from crossing into the human lands and enslaving or harming humans. 

Theories/What I think we will get a spinoff that will entail:

Keep reading

[sammyreno]

Can we all take a minute to worship @propshophannah?! Every time I see a post of hers, I fall a little more in love. I want to see ALL of this, and I want to see it in third person from everyone's perspective like we do in TOG series, since SJM said recently how difficult it was to speak in first person all of the time.

[myhighladyfaeofthenightcourt]

Just sitting here patiently waiting for the fanfics/art

To start rolling in for ACOWAR 😀😀😀😍😍😍

[sammyreno]

High Lord Lucien

“I’d say that sounds more High-Lord-like than the life of an idle, unwanted son.” A long, steely look. “Did you think it was mere hatred that prompted my brothers to do their best to break and kill me?” Feyre figures it out. Lucien's brothers know, too. Does Helion know? We need answers!

[rachelluv11]

If anyone has ACOWAR spoilers but you’re not sharing cause people don’t want to be spoiled. Message me because I’m begging for spoilers and I’m being deprived of them. Thanks!

[sammyreno]

Spoil me too please!

[worldofsarahjmaas]

We’re celebrating the Throne of Glass series all through 2017! Each month we’ll feature a fave from the series. Join us by sharing your fan art, inspiring quotes, OTPs, and more, using #WeAreTOG!

[sammyreno]

The Villains 👌🏽💁🏻 Just remember you all thought Rhys was a villain, too!