I've been scrambling to meet deadlines on some short story submissions and had a good writing day today, which reminded me of this Neil Gaiman quote. 😊

"You did not have to understand miracles to believe in them, and in fact Mabel had come to suspect the opposite. To believe, perhaps you had to cease looking for explanations and instead hold the little thing in your hands as long as you were able before it slipped like water between your fingers."

Loved reading this one. ❄?❄
#WaitingForAMiracle (Featured in Natural Born Killers)
#MayMovieMagic
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“It has been said that civilization is twenty-four hours and two meals away from barbarism.”
#SoClose (Featrued in Enchanted)

Starting with my reread of Good Omens. This was my first Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett after NG's awesome collection, Fragile Things, and it was such a blast. I've been wanting to revisit this, and what better time with the online premiere of the adaptation so close. Super excited!
#MayMovieMagic
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"Fetch me that flower; the herb I shew'd thee once.
The juice of it on sleeping eye-lids laid
Will make or man or woman madly dote
Upon the next live creature that it sees."

Not exactly the best #OriginOfLove (Featured in Hedwig and the Angry Inch)
#MayMovieMagic
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Art by Henry Howard

Who's your #1stCartoonCrush? Gail Simone kick-started the hastag on Twitter, and it sounds like a fun idea so sharing it here! Growing up, I crushed hard on Teela and Princess Jasmine 😁💙
#GailSimone

"She was sittin' on a bench, Mama
Thinking up a game to play
Seems I was holding a wrench, Mama
Then my mind just walked away."

- From Leon Payne's delightfully disturbing song sung by by Neil Gaiman with Amanda Palmer playing the ukulele.
Check out the video here!
https://youtu.be/Nm4VVLbqN9Q
#WhereIsMyMind (Featured in Fight Club)
#MayMovieMagic
@Cinfhen

"Bryony Adams was the type of girl who got murdered."
#TomorrowNeverKnows (Featured in Children of Men)
Kicking myself for not reading this sooner. It's so good!
#CurrentRead
#MayMovieMagic
@Cinfhen

“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.”

No detail, however little, escapes the observation of Sherlock Holmes.
#LittlestThings (Featured in Love, Rosie)
#MayMovieMagic
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"He looked at the shiny puddles of gasoline. He took a package of paper matches from his breast pocket and looked at them, guilty and fascinated and excited."

Donald Merwin Elbert, aka the Trashcan Man, (one of my fave King characters) is #HookedOnAFeeling (Featured in Reservoir Dogs) when it comes to setting things on fire.
#MayMovieMagic
@Cinfhen

#LeTempsdelAmour (Featured in Moonrise Kingdom) reminded me of the tagged book. Also, using the prompt as an excuse to make this a Françoise Hardy appreciation post ?
"I feel happy and secure when I'm on my bed with a good book. I forget everything which is terrible in our world." - FH
#MayMovieMagic
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"You never see a fault in anybody. All the world are good and agreeable in your eyes. I never heard you speak ill of a human being in your life."

#SweetDisposition (Featured in 500 Days of Summer)
#MayMovieMagic
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Cuffed to bed posts, Jessie wishes someone would save her, but not only does she save herself but comes out of the traumatic experience stronger.
#SaveMe (Featured in Magnolia)
#MayMovieMagic
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“I‘m the Turtle, son. I made the universe, but please don‘t blame me for it; I had a belly-ache.”

So pumped for IT: chapter 2 and can't wait to see how the filmmakers portray a #SpaceOddity (Featured in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty) Bill encounters in the form of Maturin, a cosmic turtle. I'm really hoping it'll be somewhat like Nolan's Interstellar on crack.
#MayMovieMagic
@Cinfhen

Happy Mother's Day to all the lovely moms of Litsy! 💕

“Before it's too late, without thinking too much about it first, pack a pillow and a blanket and see as much of the world as you can. You will not regret it.”
#ImmigrantSong (Featured in Thor: Ragnarok)
#MayMovieMagic
@Cinfhen

“Does it bother you that I'm not completely human?”
“You are the most human person I have ever met.”
#ModernLove (Featured in Frances Ha)
#MayMovieMagic
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“Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing.”
#LustForLife
#MayMovieMagic
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Art via https://pin.it/fbwwbavielab6j

Crossing some overdue reviews off the list starting with this one!
The story revolves around three women in the entertainment business, each grappling with demons of their own the more success they attain. JS doesn‘t hold back & some chapters are like a raw wound. She uses the celebrity culture to peel back the layers & reveal the flawed & tragic, unpalatable & pitiable. The overall tone has a modern feel & crackles with witty dialogue. ⬇️

For once, Dr. Chilton is right about something, nudging Jack Crawford to investigate Hannibal.
#YouNeverCanTell
#MayMovieMagic
@Cinfhen

"It was about seven in the morning, and I longed to obtain food and shelter; at length I perceived a small hut, on a rising ground, which had doubtless been built for the convenience of some shepherd."
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#GimmeShelter (Featured in The Departed)
#MayMovieMagic
@Cinfhen
Art by the legendary Bernie Wrightson ?

"Human beings are strong because we can change ourselves."
- Saitama
#RedRightHand (Featured in Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy)
#MayMovieMagic
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"We can't save everyone in this war. This is not what we came here to do."
"No, but it's what I'm going to do."

The iconic No Man's Land scene from Wonder Woman popped into my head for #DontStopMeNow (Featured in Shaun of the Dead)
Art via https://pin.it/gpyqqsr4vw4zp7
#MayMovieMagic
@Cinfhen

"No form of revenge could have made me hate you any less. If I had cut the two of you to shreds with a knife, I think I would have hated the little pieces of you just the same."

This was such a page-turner.
#HowFarIllGo (Featured in Moana)
#MayMovieMagic
@Cinfhen

“But honest, honey, if I had your looks I‘d head straight for John Powers or Conover.”
“Who are they?” Anne asked.
“They run the top modeling agencies in town.”
“I think I‘d rather work in an office,” Anne said.

#YoungAndBeautiful (Featured in The Great Gatsby)
#MayMovieMagic
@Cinfhen

Even though Heathcliff changes his mind, he's only just begun to scheme his long-term revenge.
#WeveOnlyJustBegun (Featured in 1408 as a diegetic score element in a creepy scene.)
#MayMovieMagic
Cover art by Karl James Mountford
@Cinfhen

"I have to tell you how much fun it was. (I'm being honest here.) When I "put the pedal to the metal" and drove poor Mrs. Olivia Trelawney's Mercedes at that crowd of people, I had the biggest "hard-on" of my life! And was my heart beating 200 a minute? "Hope to tell ya!""

You'd want to stay off the streets when the super creepy Brady Hartsfield is #BehindTheWheel (Featured in Atomic Blonde)
#MayMovieMagic
@Cinfhen

#HighwaytoHell had me thinking of this yet unread book about a medical student who abducts a girl he's obsessed with and takes her on a road trip. Especially intrigued by all the comparisons to SK's Misery. Looking forward to crossing it off the list soon!
#MayMovieMagic
@Cinfhen

"Let's stop being afraid and take the chance. I promise I'll make you happy.
#AllMyLove,
Alex"

I did a buddy read of this with my best friend a few years ago and it's been a fave since (Love the adaptation, too!) ?
Thanks to @Cinfhen @Reviewsbylola @emilyhaldi @Mdargusch for making #AnglophileApril such a fun challenge!

"You don't lose a person all at once. You lose them in parts."

#OwnerOfALonelyHeart applies to both lead characters in this one.
#AnglophileApril
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"Even with my scales glimmering moonlight and water seeping from my algae, I had a talent for invisibility, for sudden disappearance, the way blue butterflies in the canopy vanished when entering shade."

#InvisibleTouch reminded me of "The Creature from the Black Lagoon" by Jim Shepard from the creature‘s POV featured in the tagged anthology.
Art by Nicolas Delort
#AnglophileApril
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All I'll say is I'm blown away by how huge an achievement the film is & so emotionally satisfying. In awe of everyone involved, from the creative team to the performers. The screenplay, editing & vfx designs are especially outstanding, all crafted with the intricate care of a watchmaker putting together a timepiece. What a trip it has been.
#TakeTheLongWayHome
#NeverGoingToGiveYouUp
#AnglophileApril
@Cinfhen @Reviewsbylola @emilyhaldi @Mdargusch

This scene had me 😭
#DontGoBreakingMyHeart
#AnglophileApril
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"Black holes are examples of "nontransversable wormholes"; that is, passing through the event horizon is a one-way trip."
From #SupermassiveBlackHole(s) to psychokinesis, Dr. Kaku takes complex topics often seen in sci-fi & lays them out in an interesting, fun way discussing real life possibilities.

“At some point, you have to stop running and turn around and face whoever wants you dead. The hard thing is finding the courage to do it.”
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So stoked to be co-hosting the May photo challenge with @Cinfhen! I love how the right song at the right moment in a film can add so much to a story, establish a tone, and thought #MayMovieMagic featuring film soundtracks would make an interesting photo challenge. Looking forward to seeing everyone's take on the prompts!
Here's the playlist: open.spotify.com/user/rsawnt/playlist/2NyY5zSTm6WTLlwuJZVtxE?si=qqOhYs_wQRCGRhaL6_36-Q

"We all knew what Vern meant right away. At the beginning of the school year, Vern had buried a quart jar of pennies underneath his house. He drew a treasure map so he could find them again. A week later, his mom cleaned out his room & threw away the map. Vern had been trying to find those pennies for nine months. Nine months, man. You didn't know whether to laugh or cry."
Stand by Me
#BoysDontCry

Another favorite show of mine to bite the dust ⬇️

“I am like a small creature swallowed whole by a monster, she thought, and the monster feels my tiny little movements inside.”
#EveryBreathYouTake
#AnglophileApril
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#NeverEver have I been as behind reviewing books as I have been of late between battling slumps, everyday hecticness and poor time management. Hoping to have reviews up of the pictured books (all Picks!) soon.
#AnglophileApril
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"You didn't get sober to be stupid, Danny. Keep it in mind the next time you start listening to that itty-bitty shitty committee inside your head."
#rehab

"Huw was shaking. Holy fucking shit, she barely whispered and that thing heard!"
#carelesswhisper

"Do something for me. Worship me. Stay here with your words, with your body. Worship me. Pray to me like I'm your god. Your goddess."
- AG, "The Bone Orchard"
#LetYouLoveMe
#AnglophileApril

#FixYou #NoThankYouDrLecter
#AnglophileAprilp
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“There are things in that paper that nobody knows but me, or ever will.”
#Paranoid

“I never feel guilty eating anything.”
This recepie book inspired by the show has been on my TBR for ages.
#SpiceUpYourLife

“It would be a hard life, but it would be theirs alone. Here at the world's edge, far from everything familiar and safe, they would build a new home in the wilderness and do it as partners.”
#HardDaysNight
Art via https://bit.ly/2Dc9G4S

"I saw - with shut eyes, but acute mental vision - I saw the pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together; I saw the hideous phantasm of a man stretched out; and then, on the working of some powerful engine, show signs of life, and stir with an uneasy, half-vital motion."
- Mary Shelley on a dream that inspired Frankenstein.
Art via https://pin.it/ws5gdxx77z7ayo
#dreams
#AnglophileApril

Cathy would easily qualify for #ShesSoCold
Kate Beaton's artwork is always such a delight. I haven't read the tagged book yet but hoping to change that soon.
#AnglophileApril
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Started with this earlier today on Kindle!

No one can write #BadGirls quite like Gillian Flynn.
#AnglophileApril
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One of SK's memorable villains, the demented Mr. Mercedes, Brady Hartsfield is a bona fide #creep. Also a victim of his alcoholic mother's #taintedlove. The role of Deborah Hartsfield could easily have been a generic creepy affair, but Kelly Lynch doesn't get enough credit for really imbuing it with substance, especially in the Deb-centric episode penned by Dennis Lehane. Love how King's characters often inspire empathy despite their depravity.

I recall reading that #MyGeneration is also called the Peter Pan generation, often criticized for not wanting to 'grow up.' Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, in terms of something Ray Bradbury once said to a close friend, the amazing Ray Harryhausen, where they promised each other to grow old but to never grow up & always be in love with dinosaurs & monsters & other childhood loves
#AnglophileApril
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"Home is behind, the world ahead,
And there are many paths to tread
Through shadows to the edge of night,
Until the stars are all alight."
#SoFarAway
Also this Google maps version of Middle Earth! ?
#AnglophileApril
@Cinfhen @Reviewsbylola @emilyhaldi @Mdargusch

Thanks for the tag, @Eggs! 😊
1. We're in a much better place now socially than any past decade so I wouldn't. I do miss things about the 90s and early 2000s, however, like the music, Cartoon Network, video games, and the pace of life.
2. Paperback and Kindle.
3. Younger. I turned 29 recently.
4. Yes.
5. 💜
#friyayintro
@howjessreads

anoint his eyes;
But do it when the next thing he espies
May be the lady: thou shalt know the man
By the Athenian garments he hath on.
Effect it with some care that he may prove
More fond on her than she upon her love;

#Easylover
Art by John Simmons
#AnglophileApril
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