I'm here for the books

[rosiethorns88]

Dropping this artwork of Emily and Wendell from Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries by @heather_fawcett !(the cool mechanical pencil is BACK!) I had such a pleasant time reading the wrap-up to this trilogy in Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales. I love the transition of Emily dipping her toe into Faerie from the real world in Book #1, having a foot in both worlds in Book #2, and keeping a toe in the real world while in Faerie in Book #3. It created new backdrops and stakes through her journaling journey, with Book #3 being the stakiest stakes of the three! Absolutely love these two DOLTS (Wendell's words, not mine), the best grumpy-sunshine couple since Howl and Sophie. So sad to see them go, but this trilogy seems so easy to pick up and reread again! I want to thank @delreybooks for providing me both an arc and a hard copy of Compendium; I hope to do another papercraft standee featuring the whole trilogy set soon!

[echoes-of-a-life-well-lived]

I love them ❤️

[muppetmolly]

Enchantress: I turn you into a hideous Beast. What are the names of your servants?

The Prince: Lumiere, Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts -

Enchantress:

[lumiereswig]

I BURST OUT FUCKING LAUGHING OMG

[ackernen]

Anne Shirley: Episode 10 I Don’t Know What Lies Around the Bend, but I’m Going to Believe That the Best Does

[thewiddershinsme]

Just starting book 2 of the Secrets of the Nile duology. Will probably finish before big trip

Torn between whether to bring Daindreth’s Assassin, Stolen Songbird, or Poison Study on vacation

Decisions, decisions

[hawt-me33]

Coming into a fandom late

[baxterdamus-deactivated20130513]

Coming into a fandom early and watching it become an angry clusterfuck

[valorious]

Being in a dormant fandom that suddenly comes alive again after a new book/movie

[leatherpatches-deactivated20150]

Don’t forget about those who come in the midst of a fandom war. 

[fauxmoux]

Accuracy at its best

[street-of-mercy]

Being in a fandom and not even knowing there’s a war going on…

[my-reylo]

all of this shit…lol

[nerdsagainstfandomracism]

When You’re Not In The Fandom But You’re Nosy AF

[not-so-secret-nerd]

When you get into a fandom only to discover it’s dead

[jupiter235]

This gets better every time I see it. 

[sageblackrose95]

@fuboos-mess

[inverted-mind-inc-sideblog-deac]

Being in a dead fandom…

[illogicalarchive]

Or being in such a tiny fandom that it feels like youre the only one

[erilias]

The accuracy hurts.

[fanfic-yes-please]

Being in a fandom that had a shit ending.

[it-is-bugs]

When you’ve been fangirling long enough, you’ve experienced all of the above.

[sweetferalbaby]

Being in a fandom meant for kids.

[teaganvamp]

This just gets better..

[hamboj2]

@mi-kleos

[thatcrazysonicchick]

When you realize that joining the fandom has ruined you

[knightofbloodcancer]

Fandom hell in general

[morathavictoria]

Yes.

[marvelanimelover]

This^^^ just… ALL OF THIS.

[stop-talking-babe-deactivated20]

Being in so many fandoms that you don’t even know what’s going on

[raise-cain-archived]

THIS IS THE SKULDUGGERY FUCKING PLEASANT FANDOM IN ONE POST!!

[crochanblackbeak]

Trying to recruit people to your fandom

[kateriverameliawolfe]

Annnnnnndddd it’s back

[ishipwhatiship247]

Being in a fandom which has so many antis

[ravenhilarious]

I’ve probably reblogged this before, but that was before these great additions.

[swanqueen-author]

Being in a fandom that actually works together

[commanderunhingedmongoose]

Why is this so true? All of it.

[pillowprincesslexa]

being in a fanbase but all your mutuals suddenly turn into Kpop blogs

[hangingfire]

I always enjoy it when a good post comes around again and has been improved by the reblogs like the years for a fine wine.

[priory-of-stars]

Being in a fandom when shit goes down and everyone has different opinions

[marianagmt]

When you are in a fandom and don’t care for others people opinion…..even if they are right…(believe me, I have met several of those)

[batbyte-alghul]

Being in a fandom you never meant to join

[tirnel-sutcliff-spears]

I love this. and it’s gotten better

[cartoonjessie]

After abandoning a fandom you’re still a little bit emotionally invested in….

[brit-is-bookish]

All of these are me. Lol

[thehikingastronomer]

Being in a fandom on Tumblr

[worldheritagepostorganization]

World Heritage Post

[wonderlandifulcat]

When a new character is added to the source material and the whole fandom accepts them as a baby/cutie

[tinydramatist]

Being in a fandom where some of the fans are super problematic and loud and your just trying to enjoy your thing

[wise1rabbity]

When you’ve been in fandoms most of your life and then The Children ™ try to tell you how fandoms work. 

[kdx78]

[meredithdraper-deactivated20150]

Happy March 32nd, everyone!

[tshifty]

you can only reblog this once a year

[spoopy-skeletoons-deactivated20]

Has anyone done this yet?

[sourcedumal]

I HATE ALL Y'ALL RIGHT NOW

[amuzed1-deactivated20241106]

I don’t know what I expected, but it wasn’t that. LMAO

[snumpkins]

wheezing

[thewiddershinsme]

Finished A Far Wilder Magic by Allison Saft

-if you watched Fullmetal Alchemist and Roy/Riza literally was everything, you should check it out. From what I’ve read it started as a Roy/Riza fanfic and I could def see the inspirations, and in some way it was cathartic to kinda see an AU where they officially and canonly ended up together. That being said, it was its own thing, and Wes and Margaret had a great slowly getting used to each other domestically and falling for each other relationship. It truly felt that these characters saw each other and connected and worked well as partners and a team.

-I think Margaret made the right choice to destroy the hala and leave with Wes, but Evelyn’s story broke my heart. She was such a warm person, but the pain of losing a child could break anyone. I can’t bear stories of child loss, and if I had known before, and hadn’t already gotten invested with Wes and Margaret, I don’t think I would’ve picked this book up. I actually grieved for her and her son and her family, I don’t blame her for her obsession or going crazy at all. But at the same time, poor poor Margaret and how she was forgotten and treated. And forcing Margaret’s dad to abandon his daughter is unforgivable.

-loved Wes’s family, it was so refreshing to have a main character with his own family that was a priority, that he loved and focused on and was a big part of his goals

-the actual hunt was anticlimactic imo, but the anticipation and nerves leading up was well done

-I couldn’t take the fact that the hala was a fox seriously. I mean, I know a fox could do damage if it wanted to (and this was a supernatural fox) but I just kept picturing the killer rabbit from Monty Python leaping at people. When it was a threat it changed size to about a wolf’s in my head. It was never made clear the actual nature of the hala (whether killing it was a “sin” or noth, but when they said how it in past years it had killed infants in their cribs I basically had no remorse or misgivings on them hunting it down.

-wished had an epilogue so we could see Wes and Margaret a few years down the road. Headcanon is Wes used some of the reward money to buy Margaret a ring so they could be “officially” betrothed, she went off with him while he got his alchemist license, they got married as soon as he was officially licensed, and then Wes changed the country. And Margaret reconnected with her dad. And maybe Evelyn (though I suspect after having lost literally everything Evelyn just wasted away soon afterwards).

-their first time seemed extremely uncomfortable….in a cave…in the sand…. it was refreshing that our male main character was also a virgin (despite all of his flirtations)

[b-oredzoi]

Books I Read in 2023: A Far Wilder Magic by Allison Saft

Victory means nothing if it isn’t hard-won. The more dangerous the monster, the more glorious the hero who slays it.

[alintalzin]

This was a good book.

[deathsweetblossoms]

Love is not the sharp-edged thing she’s always believed it to be. It’s not like the sea, liable to slip through her fingers if she holds on too tight. It’s not a currency, something to be earned or denied or bartered for. Love can be steadfast. It can be certain and safe, or as wild as an open flame.

A Far Wilder Magic

(2023 favorite reads)

[b-oredzoi]

Books I Read in 2023: A Far Wilder Magic by Allison Saft

Victory means nothing if it isn’t hard-won. The more dangerous the monster, the more glorious the hero who slays it.

[purplebass]

2024 books - a far wilder magic by allison saft

Love is not the sharp-edged thing she's always believed it to be. It's not like the sea, liable to slip through her fingers if she holds on too tight. It's not a currency, something to be earned or denied or bartered for. Love can be steadfast. It can be certain and safe, or as wild as an open flame.

[huanghying]

Omake:

Inspired by this tweet:

[suzie-guru]

[thewiddershinsme]

2024 Books

The Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden

-The Bear and the Nightingale

-The Girl in the Tower

-The Winter of the Witch

The Splendid Trilogy (or the Blydon Family Saga) by Julia Quinn

-Splendid

-Dancing at Midnight

-Minx

-A Tale of Two Sisters (novella)

-An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson

-Uprooted by Naomi Novik

-Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

The Lady Most... series by Julia Quinn/Eloisa James/Connie Brockway

-The Lady Most Likely

-The Lady Most Willing

Caraval trilogy by Stephanie Garber

-Caraval

-Legendary

-Finale

Once Upon a Broken Heart trilogy by Stephanie Garber

-Once Upon a Broken Heart

-The Ballad of Never After

-A Curse for True Love

Daughter of the Pirate King series by Tricia Levenseller

-Daughter of the Pirate King

-Daughter of the Siren Queen

-Vengeance of the Pirate Queen

-Anastasia by Sophie Lark

Sorcery of Thorns series by Margaret Rogerson

-Sorcery of Thorns

-Mysteries of Thorn Manor (novella)

The Shepherd King duology by Rachel Gillig

-One Dark Window

-Two Twisted Crowns

Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman trilogy by Pamela Aiden

-An Assembly Such As This

-Duty and Desire

-Book 3 is next on my TBR list once I get hold of a copy

-A Far Wilder Magic by Allison Saft (currently reading)

[noonemonitorsmyscreentime]

Darcy: She hates me, she hates me. Nothing I can do to fix that right now. But over my dead body, she'll like Wickham.

[kabishkat19]

Dimitri’s parenting🖤

Of course Dimitri is going to teach his babies basic (important) life skills…

None filter version :

[thewiddershinsme]

Love this!