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The Empty Grave by Jonathan Stroud. The last of the Lockwood & Co series. I found it enjoyable, and the series ended with a satisfying conclusion. The reality of Marissa Fitts was more horrifying than I thought. But I also feel the ending opened for a sequel, with various things Lucy indicated that she had done since the grand finale, and also because we never found out Skull’s identity and why he was such a powerful ghost. But as this book was published in 2017, it doesn’t seem very likely it will come.
Det ockulta sekelskiftet (The Occult Turn of the Century) by Per Faxneld. How occultism influenced a number of Swedish artists in the late 19/early 20th century. Super interesting, and not something I knew anything about. Which is surprising as I’ve studied art history and consider myself pretty well-read on. But I think the idea that esoterism was influential to some of our more well-known artists has been seen as something embarrassing.
Of course I couldn’t abstain from not starting any new books, so I also read Stone and Sky by Ben Aaronovitch, the latest Rivers of London novel. I found it enjoyable, but not remarkable. Though I always like the inclusion of Abigail and the talking foxes.
Never Flinch by Stephen King. A return to Holly Gibney and her PI agency Finders Keepers. This time we have not one murderous person, but two. One that wants to kill a popular feminist, another who kills as revenge for a man who has been murdered in prison before it’s revealed he was wrongfully imprisoned. I like Holly as a character, but I kept putting this book down and then forgetting about it, so it’s safe to say it didn’t grab me.
And that’s it, so far for July.
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Way to many to list but here goes: 9-1-1, 9-1-1 Lone Star, Star Trek, Star Wars, Shadowhunters, Supernatural (not much anymore), Harry Potter, The Lord of The Rings/The Hobbit, Jurassic Park/World (except new one), Psych, Doctor Who, Ghostbusters, Indiana Jones, Back to The Future, Scream, IT (old one), A Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, Horror, Disney, Marvel, PokemonGo (Is that considered fandom? lol).I'm looking to meet people who:
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lotesse“You see,” Edmund began, and all leaned in, visibly listening, “it wasn’t just romance that kept Lucy in Narnia. She is with Caspian, now, but she also had a – a vision isn’t quite right. She was shown a prophetic image in a magical book, and Aslan vouched, later, personally, for its truth. She acted as she did to attempt to divert what she saw, and I think we’d better do likewise, on our end. Here’s what you all need to know.”
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badly_knittedbadly_knittedtopaz_eyes’s prompt ‘Any, any, Read 'em and weep,’ at threesentenceficathon. lotessegaladhirMaybe I should make a note of what I read, so they don't all blur into one.
Recently (in the last two weeks):
Grandmother's Secrets by Rosina-Fawzia al Rawi
(1) is a novella in the Rivers of London series about Isaac Newton's line of British official government wizards. Starring Thomas Nightingale in a rare trip abroad to visit 1920s New York and hunt down the maker of an enchanted saxophone.
Very Bertie Wooster dancing the Charleston in a gay club, and it's the novella that reveals Nightingale to be asexual. A rare win for the aces :)
(2) is a children's book in which a young wizard whose only gift is for working with dough is forced to find out exactly what she can do with it when her kingdom is in peril.
It's very well written - the plot escalates smoothly and it keeps you reading without being too busy or hectic. The prose is powerful but doesn't intrude. I enjoyed it but didn't really connect emotionally.
(3) follows a slow and unworldly (third, spare, novice nun) princess as she makes/finds allies in a quest to rescue her sister from the sister's husband. He is the prince of a neighbouring, much more powerful kingdom, and having murdered their elder sister is now abusing the middle sister.
I enjoyed this one much more for its blend of realistic dynastic politics and weird wizardly powers. I liked the characters more too, and they combined with the excellent workmanship of the author in a way I almost had feels about. (Not quite - my feels don't get engaged much any more, sadly.)
(4) A dead man turns up inside a hermetically sealed house run by a powerful AI, and a detective goes inside the house to try to solve the murder. This turns out to be a mistake. I enjoyed Arkady Martine's Teixcalaan series (A Memory Called Empire and A Desolation Called Peace) so I thought I might enjoy this too.
I am finding it haunting, and I appreciate her attempts to construct intelligences that are not human, but this one feels a bit like there is no plot, just an experience. And it's not a particularly pleasant experience. Rose House is not a particularly likeable character, even if its murder was in self defense. (Or was it?)
(5) A non-fiction book, partially a treatise on the origin of belly dancing and partially an autobiography.
I appreciated this as coming from within the culture where raqs sharqi originated, and it is a beautiful memoir of the author growing up with the dance. It was interesting to think of it as a private, indoors thing done by the women of the household chiefly for each other
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It’s been a long week, and you are not getting up. The world’s been saved once. It can wait until 10 AM to get saved a second time. Sure, there’s work to do, but it’ll still be there in another fifteen minutes. Maybe you promised your friends you’d meet them for lunch, but you still have plenty of time if you hit snooze just one more time… Maybe there’s a reason your protagonist is so reluctant to get out of bed today – a particularly comfy bed, particularly good company, or a really late night. Or maybe they just feel like getting a little more sleep! Write a story about sleeping in. If your submission features cats (of any age), it will earn an extra point to be tallied in voting! |
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Thursday – World Chocolate Day
Jul. 24th, 2025 12:38 amToday's theme is World Chocolate Day as it’s one of July’s fun silly holidays. Love it? Hate it? Want some right now? Let them have all the chocolately goodness.
Just a few rules:
No more than five prompts in a row.
No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
Use the character's full names and the fandom's full name
No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing, or use the spoiler cut option found here.
If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space, or use the above-mentioned spoiler cut.
If your story has possible triggers, please warn for them in the subject line!
Prompts should be formatted as follows: [Use the character's full names and fandom's full name]
Fandom, Character +/ Character, Prompt
Some examples to get the ball rolling...
+ Hazbin Hotel Angel Dust/Husk, Angel loves painting lovers in chocolate but Husk’s fur will be a challenge
+ Prodigal Son, Malcolm Bright + Gil Arroyo, hot chocolate
+ any, any, Halloween chocolate
+ Hazbin Hotel Angel Dust/Husk, Angel brings him boozy chocolates as a gift
+ The Owl House, Luz Noceda + Amity Blight +Gus Porter + Willow Park + Hunter, introducing them to chocolate
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While the use of LJ's advanced search options is available, bookmarking the links of prompts you like might work better for searching in the future.
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