She!Sam Reads

Since twitter is exploding, I made a page to lose my mind about books. side blog of YoungLoveLeroy

[theletterboxstuff]

The beauty of reading books like actual physical books, the smell, the texture of the pages. Its an immersive experience in and of itself.

[livelove-fangirl]

Reading a book that's so good that you want to read it and read it and read it but at the same time you don't want to read it because then you'll finish it and it'll be over. These are moments that are worth living for.

[cloudabserk]

i want to abuse my government expense account to buy grace candy

[cloudabserk]

not only is he a movie-only character, but it was supposed to be a tiny part. the actor, Lionel Boyce, was originally hired for just 1 day of filming! according to his interviews & the directors commentary, he got along so well with ryan gosling & everyone that they just kept writing scenes for him and he was on set for a month

[shesamreads]

[xiaq]

Nighttime in the library.

[callese]

refseek.com

www.worldcat.org/

link.springer.com

http://bioline.org.br/

repec.org

science.gov

pdfdrive.com

[growing-yet-into-magic]

Worldcat is my bestie and my one true love!! Not only does it tell you what library a book is at, but it also price compares different used book sites against each other for easy view! It's how I got Tarot For the Master for $10!!

[growing-yet-into-magic]

Oh, and since I have your attention: z-library (books and textbooks) and sci-hub (gatekept scientific journal articles.) I just ripped a textbook for class off z-library and snatched a required reading from sci-hub. Life is good and education should be accessible at every stage and station of life.

[mckitterick]

information wants to be free

[no-one-offical]

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[lordsmaf]

I will forever respect Animorphs for tricking kids who are just really into animals to read a book series by going “Hey you, you daydream about what it’s like to be a dolphin or a bird or a wolf? Have I got a book for you!” and then slowly radicalizing them with 50+ books of “There are no winners in war. Whatever ‘victory’ you perceive comes at the cost of sacrificing your own morals and killing the part of you that is human. In the end you will resort to murder, torture and war crimes and the knowledge of what you have done will haunt you for as long as you live.”

[banannafan]

So the amazing thing is that after the release of the last book, the author K. A. Applegate was interviewed and asked about why she wrote such a super dark ending for the series. She responded (I’m paraphrasing here, I read this when I was like 11) “This is what happens when kids are forced into war. There are no fairytale endings for them. And if that upsets you, then go to the polls and vote to prevent this from happening to real children.”

I got to ask her about that rebuttal years later at a book signing event for her newer One and Only series. She laughed and said that her publisher had no idea she would say that, and if they knew they probably would not have let her do so. But she genuinely meant what she said and was proud it left an impression that lasted 20+ years.

Support authors with real morals, guys. It’s not hard.

[whitager]

you have to read to your kids you have to read with your kids you have to read in front of your kids you have to take your kids to the library you have to talk about books with your kids you have to let your kids read books that are a little difficult or scary you have to teach your kids to love reading

[wolfythewitch]

furthest we've ever been

[bookravager]

This is hard to say eloquently but I am sick to the teeth of reading horror books where the main character is like, the one good character ("good"), and everyone else is obnoxious and sucks, and something relatively scary happens but then oh look the main character has the power now and all the bad people get theirs and maybe one or two good people suffered but in the end the Good Main Character is on top and nothing bad will happen to them again. Like that isn't horror. It's the Count of Monte Cristo. You're making me read the Count of Monte Cristo with like maybe a monster in it. I don't want that, I wanted to read horror. How can it be horror if you don't let anything bad happen. I'm so tired.

[mileaket]

📍library in kadokawa culture museum

[alittlelevity]

my dream for tumblr is that we all relearn the phrase "it's not for me" and we remember that this is different from "it should not exist."

something something likes charge reblogs cast

[godzilla-reads]

To hatch a crow, a black rainbow

Bent in emptiness

over emptiness

But flying

—Ted Hughes, Crow: From the Life and Songs of the Crow

[aristocrating]

its 2026 i cannot handle any more fucking "author A obviously ripped off author B" discourse by people Who Have Only Seen the work of author B and admit themselves that they have no further knowledge of the literary landscape they are moving in. like.

[insomaniackills]

Folks really need to reacquaint themselves with this concept

[odyver]

alright I've got to do some quick math to explain attitudes towards AI to my boss.

we're looking to create an AI policy, and when we were talking about this, my boss (older millennial) was genuinely shocked to hear that younger people do not (seem) to view AI positively (a la the recent commencement speakers being booed)

please rb for larger sample size!

Question 1/3

What is your age, and do you feel AI is a net positive or net negative in our lives today?

under 18, AI is a net positive

under 18, AI is a net negative

18-29, AI is a net positive

18-29, AI is a net negative

30-45, AI is a net positive

30-45, AI is a net negative

46-60, AI is a net positive

46-60, AI is a net negative

over 60, AI is a net postive

over 60, AI is a net negative

Voting ended onJun 11

[odyver]

Question 2/3

How often do you visit or interact with museums/archives (whether in person or online)?

Frequently (multiple times per month)

Often (multiple times per year)

Occasionally (a couple times per year)

Rarely (once every couple of years)

Never :(

Voting ended onJun 11

[odyver]

Question 3/3

If you saw a museum was using AI in exhibits, marketing, research, etc., would you be more or less inclined to visit that museum?

under 18, more inclined

under 18, less inclined

18-29, more inclined

18-29, less inclined

30-45, more inclined

30-45, less inclined

46-60, more inclined

46-60, less inclined

over 60, more inclined

over 60, less inclined

Voting ended onJun 11

Thank you for helping with this data collection. Please rb for as big a sample as possible!

🫶

[kjscottwrites]

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH

How many indie, self-pub, and small press queer books are you reading this month!!!?!

100!!!

1,000 ✨🎉🏳️‍🌈 !!

🗣️ A MILLION

Voting ended onJun 8

Tag some authors here on tumblr (or share some of your favorite reads!) I'll start with a few!!

@aritany @ashen-crest @mayakern @effiecalvin

[felixjoyful]

@nothwell @sweetfirebird

[noahhawthorneauthor]

@nothwell historical fiction extraordinaire

@ashen-crest cozy fantasy for the win

@crossroadart-seabear selkie comics and gorgeous art

@ninawolv3rina feral vampire on a ship, and pathetic fella with Issues meets Bard with Issues

@tesscarletta sensual plant fantasy world with bodyguards and princes

@authorkarajorgensen whoops you died let's fix that and be gay

@authormicahflowers haven't read but damn those covers are pretty

@franklyn-newt trans starship captain in Dudes Rock

@magicariot magical trans girls

@kay-claire full moon problem; imo werewolves are not a problem

@ladzwriting dark fantasy; need to hurry up and read fealty of monsters

@robinjomargaret monster fucking and aro ace in all it's forms

@wolfehorror has a ton of horror books and put together an anthology with @marsadler

@hedonsgaybookshelf haunt that man

@tjalexandernyc more historical fiction for the win

[cheerfulomelette]

@thebibliosphere a vampire with ADHD, a disabled werewolf, and a [redacted] uncover a world-ending plot and also they kiss each other

@natalieironside transbian anarchists vs Nazis vs Draculas in post apocalyptic America

@renthony nonbinary asexual captain of a sailing ship seeks the blessing of an Oracle for their ship

@johannestevans too prolific to summarise. The brandosando of queer erotica

@invisible-goats Arthurian heroes are reincarnated as a three aimless teenagers in North Wales

[ishowdespair-deactivated2026012]

[orcboxer]

not what I thought they was talkin about

[catalyswitch]