THE FIELD GUIDE TO READING

Jennifer. Avid reader, Amature Reviewer. 2015 Goodreads Challenge: 211-200 2016 Goodreads Challenge: 225-220 2017 Goodreads Challenge:171-150

[rubyleaf]

There’s a lot of talk about writers who can churn out hundreds of thousands of words for one single story and how powerful they supposedly are, but nobody ever talks about the readers who read said stories and then go, “I binged this in two days.” What do you mean, you read this in two days?! This is five hundred thousand words! It took me years to write and you just sit down and go, “I’m gonna read that in a weekend”? What else do y’all read for fun over a single weekend, the entire Lord of the Rings???

Writers who can write hundreds of thousands of words are powerful, maybe. But even we pale in fear before speed-readers.

[dovewithscales]

What else do y’all read for fun over a single weekend, the entire Lord of the Rings???

Yes.

[apopheniaandeisegesis]

Yes.

[thefieldguidetoreading]

[bookwormingparty]

[omourningstar-deactivated202012]

I will never understand why people create whole ass fantasy worlds and still oppress women in those worlds.

[blakeseptember]

Like, you can have dragons, but not basic respect for women? Boring. Tired. Basic and sexist.

[crimsonmermaidart]

[beautifulbookland]

Kingdom of Ash comes out next month and I’ve never been less ready for something while also being 100% willing to sell my soul for a chance to read it right now

[thegardennymph]

“When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.”

— Alexander Den Heijer 

[vsingers-archive]

me: opens a package and sets the box aside

my cat:

[scoobycore]

this is another perfect example of how memes are just hieroglyphic. no one is gonna know what the fuck this means one day.

[quantumghosts]

getting ready is physically a 15min task but emotionally, anywhere between 30min to 5 hours

[umrzec]

[grubisland-deactivated20251130]

[harold-shes-lesbian]

this is too real though

[countryole]

I’m fucking crying jesus.

[bonitavista-deactivated20190411]

[ushas42]

I had a dream last night that they made a new Bond movie, but they didn’t say who was playing Bond. Throughout the movie you have no idea which character is really Bond, because he’s undercover, duh. And every single character, no matter how minor, was played by somebody famous, so they could all conceivably be Bond. And at the end it turns out Bond was Leslie Jones.

[thefieldguidetoreading]

I.... I actually would watch a Bond movie if this was real??

[charliebowater]

Sharing the RIGHT version. Layers, duh, Charlie. 

Cassian & Nesta for @blackbeak! 

Available in my shop. 

[toastyhat-deactivated20180203]

one of my favorite tropes is when your group of main characters has been split up for questioning and they’re all answering the same questions in a neatly-spliced montage

[starfieldcanvas]

my favorite trope is when the stories blatantly and hilariously conflict

[paperbacktrash-deactivated20170]

Throne of Glass series summary

Assassins Blade Aelin: I’ve got a plan. Sam: Don’t do it.

ToG Aelin: I’ve got a plan. Chaol: Don’t do it.

CoM Aelin: I’ve got a plan. Dorian: Don’t do it.

HoF Aelin: I’ve got a plan. Rowan: Don’t do it.

QoS Aelin: I’ve got a plan. Aedion: Don’t do it.

EoS Aelin: I’ve got a plan. Manon: Do it. I want to see what happens.

[elixandre]

you come into my house

[thefieldguidetoreading]

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