The Reading Ghost

Trying

[probuccalfat]

these women did wonders for the “i’m single and i like it that way” community… i’m having a sexy ass life!

[youhavethesun]

commenting on fics is so fun because you get to read the most beautiful story about your favourite characters for free and maybe it made you cry or maybe it made you laugh or both and then you get to tell the author hey I loved this! and sometimes you’ll get a notification saying they replied with something nice back! it’s like the antithesis of that salinger quote. I DO get to call the author up and have a chat with them actually

[youhavethesun]

[achesspiece]

in chess the queens can kill each other which is toxic yuri and the kings can never get within a square of each other which is doomed yaoi

[butch-tradwife]

For everyone who ‘used to love reading’ but now hasn’t finished a book in years, you CAN get it back. Genuinely start bringing a book (preferably short and either fiction or a non fiction topic you already really enjoy) everywhere you go and when you have 5-20 mins waiting for the bus or at the doctors office or mechanic or whatever, get out your book and read it! You don’t have to finish it quickly or even read it often but it is so good for your brain and fun to get into the habit of reading more (and replacing being on your phone for those moments). Source: I read 0 books in 2023 and I’ve read 12 in the first 4 months of 2026

[catchymemes]

[accreature-deactivated20260222]

if you want to maximize the impact of certain specific books on you, you should read them for the first time at specific points in your life, or at certain times of day, or in certain locations, or accompanied by certain music. mostly this has happened to me by accident but I think we should be telling each other how to do it on purpose. "yes go read this at the laundromat" "go to this beach in California at night to read this" "it must be 2am, you are alone, and you should put on The Disintegration Loops" "wait until a bright snowy night and make this tea" "save for the day after mdma"

[lesboyvalley]

This works for music albums too ❤️‍🔥

[newlyy]

Not that I think all marriages are doomed but when deciding who to marry you should ask yourself “is this someone I’d want to divorce?” As in, is this someone I believe would be mature and fair, even when they’re upset and don’t particularly like me at the moment. Is this someone I could continue to trust while going through an adversarial process? And if the answer is no, don’t marry them.

[boomer-mythology-destroyer]

[rozieramati]

How to Save Your Own Life, Erica Jong

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[Image ID: Text reading:

Renounce useless guilt.

Don't make a cult of suffering.

Live in the Now (or at least the Soon).

Always do the things you fear the most; courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.

Trust all joy.

If the evil eye fixes you in its gaze, look elsewhere. /End ID]

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

OP: When you walk the Jianghu, be fast (cr 兜里有糖)

[teaboot]

ARE THESE BIRDS❔❔❔

[charlesoberonn]

I think there're broadly two kinds of mystery plots

"Something's wrong!"

"Something's not right..."

In a "something's wrong" mystery, the questions are out in the open, but the answers are hidden. The classic example is a murder mystery. We know there's a killer, but we don't know who it is.

It's a known unknown.

In a "something's not right" mystery, both the answers and the questions are hidden. The characters don't know initially that there even is a mystery to solve. It's only when they examine their situation more closely that they realize things don't add up. A lot of thrillers are like that.

It's an unknown unknown.

A good mystery story will utilize both for the greatest effect.

The detective solving the murder will realize that even the things they took for granted aren't what they seem.

The thriller writer will pepper in small visible mysteries into the narrative that are all part of the bigger hidden mystery.

[charlesoberonn]

The reverse of cozy games that are actually psychological-horror: A psychological-horror game that is actually a cozy life-sim.

You start in a creepy abandoned town full of nightmarish horrors, and you beautify it bit by bit. You befriend the monsters and help solve their problems so that they don't want to murder people anymore.

[animentality]

[poppyseed-art]

[spider-artdump]

[animusbell]

you can't come to my birthday party? aw dang, (remembers it's bad to guilt trip people) this doesn't matter to me at all (remembers to demonstrate that i am affected by you to affirm your positive presence in my life) but while you're away i will die (remembers not to guilt trip again) unpreventably. unrelated to you. don't worry about it. (remembers to express care through actions and not just words) you're in the will.

[morthilswrites]

cop: can you describe the woman who stabbed you

male author: lithe, spirited, outgoing, and not afraid to speak her mind. she was a raw sexual force and she knew it. she was dandelion fluff on a summer day, gone in an instant, leaving you with nothing but the memory of her touch and the faint taste of strawberries on your lips

[lillivati]

cop: great we have a motive, but we still need a description

[porkbuttsandtaters]

tumblr media criticism

[fuckblast]

hobbits win again