#pegasusdrawnchariots

[theodysseyofhomer]

Hello :) I'd be curious to see the flow chart you've developed to guide translational selections of the Odyssey if you're happy to share it! Both for using it for my next read and for guiding my friends/family into the book who are looking for recommendations after watching the Nodyssey. Thanks 💙

i formalized it just for you. and @ilions-end. but mostly you

[bakugeorge]

For the prompt meme!

Ship: Lief/Jasmine

Word: your choice between "almost" & "listen" & "game"

<3

'Almost there!' Jasmine shouts down at him, which is easy for her to say from her perch atop the palace roof. The wind's up in Del today and whipping her hair in a black cloud around her head, one that Kree looks almost a part of as he dips in and out of the swirling eddies. Lief wishes he had wings in this moment to help him finish this infernal climb; why he listened to Jasmine when she suggested it, he has no idea. Except that he does a little, studying the smile on her face, which is tipped up toward the sun like a flower seeking its warmth. Lief would do anything to coax that smile from her, including losing miserably in a game of who can race to the roof fastest—although, he thinks, as his arms threaten to give out on the final push and instead are found by Jasmine's, gripping him firmly to pull him up, it doesn't feel so much like losing after all.

Send me a ship/character(s) and a one word prompt and I will write a 5 sentence fic about it.

[swamp--girl]

Tysm for the tag @pegasusdrawnchariots ! 🩷

Bookshelf tag game 📚

1. The last book I read

Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth. It was about a woman being haunted by the ghost of her mother-in-law. The woman worked in an aged care home and had seemingly endless free time on shift, which I found much harder to believe than the ghost thing.

2. A book I'd recommend

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson because it is my favourite book :)

3. A book I couldn't put down

Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka. It’s about the way the crimes of a man on death row affected various women in his life. In some chapters you get his POV (in second-person present tense) as he counts down the hours to his execution, but it’s largely focused (in third-person past tense) on the lives of his mother, his sister-in-law, and a female detective who works on the case. It was beautifully written and I don’t think I’ve ever read anything quite like it.

4. A book I've read twice or more

I don’t think I’ve ever reread a book actually? Too many new stories to discover! Actually I tell a lie, I reread Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion last year so that I could (finally) read the sequel, because it’s a quick read and I first read it in 2013. I think that's literally it though lol. I'm not generally a re-reader or re-watcher!

5. A book on my TBR

Coffin Moon by Keith Rosson. It’s set in the 70s and has vampires. That’s all I really (need to) know.

6. A book I've put down

Honestly I don’t like to leave books unfinished cause I always push through hoping they’ll end up being worth it somehow…so I’ll say the most recent one I SHOULD have put down which was The Vegetarian by Han Kang. Just really wasn’t for me.

7. A book on my wishlist

I really want to own a copy of Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu but I’m undecided on which cover I’d like!

8. A favourite book from childhood

I loved the Anne of Green Gables books by L.M. Montgomery. I also loved Heidi by Johanna Spyri which I remember absolutely nothing about except that it made me desperately want to live in the mountains.

9. A book I'd give to a friend

Probably Hungerstone by Kat Dunn. It’s a reimagining of Carmilla and it’s very Gothic, sapphic, fun + unhinged [insert Lucille Bluth “good for her” gif]. It was written in 2024 and I've never seen it stocked in any bookshops near me, but to my amazement I somehow found it in as-new condition at the free book swap a few months after I read it!

10. A book of poetry or lyrics that I own

My Life Had Stood a Loaded Gun by Emily Dickinson.

11. A non-fiction book that I own

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez.

12. What I'm currently reading

The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley, courtesy of @bakugeorge ! I'm very slow getting through it (apologies!) but enjoying it so very much.

13. What I'm planning on reading next

Soon by Lois Murphy. I saw it recommended in a horror lit group, and all I really know is that it’s rural Australian horror + it’s been compared to my favourite horror show (From) so I'm KEEN.

[voyageofthenautilus]

Hello there! Huge huge fan of this book 💙 I was curious to learn whether this project is still live. If so, would u be able to tell me what dates it spans & which translation of the book is used? When I first read 20k Leagues, I found out too late that I was reading Mercier's, which was not only awful, it also deletes about 23% of Verne's text 🥲 Since then, I've been rlly keen to read the full book, this time with a good translation!

Of course, if this readalong is no longer running, that's all good too ^_^ Thanks & best fishes! 💙🐡

Hi! This project finished a while ago and hasn’t returned (unlike its inspiration, Dracula Daily) because the translation we were using was copyrighted and we didn’t know that when we started reading it. One of these days, I (Mod Blue) would like to seek permission from the translator to see if we can use his translation to run the project again, this time with his blessing… but life is life-ing and this has unfortunately fallen down my list of priorities.

With that said- if you want to read the (unabridged) translation that we used, even without the book club, here’s a link to it on Project Gutenberg!

Thank you for your message, and best fishes to you too!! 🐟 🌊

[daughterofsarenrae]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIA!*!*!*!*!* 🎉🦅🎁🦜🎊🦦🎂🦉✨️ Thank u for all the wonderful posts on mustelids & aves :)

THANK YOUUUU

Here have a picture of the sleepies :)

[clareguilty]

Happy 13th day of Valentine's Month, beloved! A throwback to how we began 💌

OMG THE NOSTALGIA

I actually just watched the new developer video talking abt the Overwatch 2 updates last night and im... still not going to play the game I don't think LOL but I have so much fondness and affection for the old fandom I was just thinking abt how I miss everyone they've all scattered into the wind and moved on to bigger and better things. Its funny when u see someone online and ur like "omg its fanfic writer! We used to go to Overwatch together!'

Thanku so so much my love I treasure every day that I was able to meet you and so many other wonderful ppl through silly video game stories <3 You are one of the greatest things that's ever happened to me in the digital space (and also the postal space! My djungleskog is unfortunately in a closet in America T.T)

[ninadove]

For the writing game! 8, 26, & 42 🎶

(feel free to do all, some, or none)

Number 8 for you, beloved! 🖤⚔️🪶

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

“I want things to be clear between us,” Franz warns, although he is in no position to do so. “This isn’t peace. Merely a truce.”

[theimpossiblescheme]

Hellooo :) I was gonna write a cheeky apology for the Cyrano de Bergerac likespam but then I properly noticed yr Don Quixote icon & username!! & Lupin III in yr featured tags!!!! I am shaking u firmly by the hand in congratulations on yr excellent taste & wonderful blog, which is now sovereign mistress (gn) of my captive heart! 😁💝 Have a sublime day & thanks for assisting in padding my queue 🎭🤍

Oh, my gosh, how kind of you! Somehow those three characters ended up in the Venn diagram of Types(TM) that are utterly irresistible to me, and I'm always so glad to find people who love these magnificent bastards as much as I do. Thank you so much for this lovely message--I hope you like what you find here!