Confessions of a mood reader @thekristbr - Tumblr Blog

medievalthymes

how it feels to read 85 pages of a book in one sitting

2022dirt

Faces in coffee.

eusexuanal

Settles down on your dashboard gingerly and with a big heaving sigh

halorvic

remnantglow

whiteshakira

my unwritten novels were snubbed at the international booker prize once again

queerofthedagger

yeah yeah having a crush is embarassing but have you ever watched yourself develop a new category 5 character obsession in real time. agonizingly humiliating shit

ezramire

“...So I dropped to my knees here, right … I scooped dirt into my mouth … ate until I vomited. I gathered up the bloody earth … I realised you were too much for me. This is the problem, the incorporation, this is the hardest part … It’s the human instinct, to take. When you burn your thumb, you stick it in your mouth, right? And there was still too much of me that was just a human being.”

- John 1:20, Nona the Ninth

Comic I had the opportunity to do for @thelockedtombcfp and @theriverbeyond! Thank you <3

aromanticduck

I came up with this three-way table to help me (and now you, if you want) to rate things out of 5 stars. I was thinking of books and films when I made it, but you can probably use it for other stuff.

The idea is that you rate the thing on how much stuff you loved and how much stuff you hated, and those things weight against each other. There's only one way to get 5 stars or 1 star, so those should end up as the rarest ratings, wtih 3 stars being the most common.

'Spicy' means that the thing inspires emotion, whether positive or negative, while 'bland' means it doesn't affect you much either way.

An example of a 3-star (spicy) - for me personally - would be the Twilight series, because there's plenty of garbage in there but also some things that are like crack to me. I can't think of an example of a 3 star (bland) because by nature they don't stick in the mind.

(This also assumes giving 0 stars isn't allowed. That'd throw it out of whack...)

thegrimcaptain95

I absolutely love this bc it’s so like the risk assessment matrix for hazards

aromanticduck

Assessing your risk of enjoying a piece of media

datasoong47

linguisticparadox

m-carrick

being a hater is so fun until you see someone who is a hater 80% of the time and then you're like christ i hope i dont sound like that person and you stay on your best behaviour for 3 days

greelin

what the fuck did you expect me to feel when you gripped the back of my head like that and sank your fangs into my neck? Indifference? Disgust? NOT sheer adoration? be serious.

greelin

vampire bites are not just about The Bite. it is also about The Grip. can anyone hear me

quixoticanarchy

the author’s poorly disguised unchallenged ideas about how the world works, what is natural, what should go without saying

noooo why did no one tell me Heartstopper wasnt a finished series and let me just binge read all five volumes

#im devastated #am reading #bookblr

13 & 14 for the ask game 😊

yayyy ty for playing along!

13: what's something you learned recently? Recently i have been learning the secrets of Procreate. Well, at least from a beginner's perspective. Insert secret image/file is so devious. 14: if you could give a TED talk on anything, what would you talk about? I could definitely yap about D&D for 15 minutes, easy. But specifically I would want the take away to be about the personal growth potential that game provides. If it didn't actually need to teach something, I would just explain my thought process for Basil for 20 mins.

#ask game

thekristbr

2025 Reading in Review

Ngl this one was a hard reading year because this was a hard mental health year. My reading dropped (considerably) from last year, but at the very least, I kept reading!

~2025 Stats~

21 books read in total- out of a goal of 25 books.

Pages Read: 7415

Audiobook hours: 21

~Books by Month~ Top reading month: February (5)

~Star Ratings~ A brutal DNF year, double of what I had in 2024.

~Most Read Genre~ Nonfiction (2nd place winner last year)

First Book: 4/5 stars

Last Book: In Progress (projected 3 to 4 star range)

BEST BOOK (not counting 5 star rereads) 4.5/5 stars

thekristbr

Okay, I finished Brigands and Breadknives. Only because I made the post live before the end of the month. LOL So 22 books out of 25!!!

#books #reading #bookblr

sesamie

simple asks to help bolster ask culture again

What's your blog title from?

What movie have you watched most recently? What did you think of it?

what are you looking forward to right now?

if you could do anything at all today, what would it be?

What's your drink of choice? (Coffee/tea order, alcohol of choice, pop, etc)

What's your hair routine like? Anything special?

what's your favorite way to travel? Is there a mode of travel you haven't done that you want to experience?

favorite month of the year and why?

favorite time of day and why?

do you play or follow any sports? & elaborate on that?

what kind of music is stuck in your head a lot lately?

dishes or laundry?

what's something you learned recently?

if you could give a TED talk on anything, what would you talk about?

What's a piece of advice you find yourself giving a lot?

what's a piece of advice you would give to yourself five years ago?

do you believe in luck and superstition? Do you carry any lucky items or follow any lucky rules?

Are you musical? Play any instruments or sing? Would you ever perform for an audience?

Write, type, or speak?

what do you wish someone would ask you?