Note to self: when it comes to matters of the heart, books are unfortunately useless…
I was tagged in this by @petitemarianna and I guess I could use plausible deniability and pretend I didn't see it (tumblr being tumblr and showing me only the notifications it chooses to show me), but we are mutuals (as well as irl best friends) and I did see it, so here we go.
A book you want to reread:
The Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden, The Golem and the Jinni books by Helene Wecker, and the Erthsea books by Ursula Le Guin are all worlds I've really enjoyed and would love to revisit at some point.
Any books you reread every two to five years:
That would be mostly comfort books. Most of Jane Austen's books, and some of Georgette Heyer's, fall into this category, as well as some books by the Polish author Joanna Chmielewska (she wrote murder mystery comedies, that have been my pick-me-up go-tos since I was a teenager).
Any books you reread once a year:
I don't. Not really.. Though I used to reread the Harry Potter books almost on a yearly basis - once upon a time...
The book you reread within the shortest turnaround time:
That would be mostly Art of books, and comic books, that I reread to concentrate more on the art the second time around (most recently The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang). But I also recall rereading The Hunger Games pretty soon after I read it the first time, and the same goes for Good Omens.
The book you've reread the most times:
Aside form the aforementioned? I don't know. Childhood favorites certainly; Matilda, and Mary Poppins, and Anne of Green Gables. Calvin and Hobbes. The Lord of the Rings. Also Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay (I haven't read it in years, but I used to love it), the Twilight Saga (yeah, yeah, I know...), Skinny Legs and All and Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins, and the Wooster and Jeeves books by P.G. Wodehouse.
I'm tagging @irene-p-fines-art - but if anyone else wants to have a go you're welcome to it.
“Books may well be the only true magic.” - Alice Hoffman
Another charcoal drawing for Witchtober Day 3: Books
(So what if I’m like a week behind? Time isn’t real, and I can always turn this into Witchvember, right?)
Witchtober Day 2: Scholar.
I’m not a huge fan of inking (to put it mildly), mostly because I feel that my drawings look better in colour, but I thought I’d give it a try anyway. So I dug up my Pentel brush pen, and the PainON paper I’ve had for a while and hadn’t had the chance to use, and went for it. And it wasn’t terrible. But I still just HAD to colour it. So I dusted off the ecoline inks I hadn’t used in ages, and now I feel much better about it.
A couple of weeks ago I injured my foot pretty badly and have been on bed rest (elevated foot, icepacks, the works). As I wasn’t able (or in the mood tbh) to draw much, I’ve been mostly playing with plasticine, shooting the occasional angry bird and feeling grateful for good books and good friends - you know who you are 😉 Love you to pieces 💜💜💜
Have a great time everybody!!! May the New Year bring us all lots of joy, love, inspiration, good health and heaps of money!
Edit: And books! Did I forget books? Lots of books! Heaps of money to buy books!!!