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Dang it!! I am almost a week behind. Be prepared for some photos bombarding my account today. This is for day 15. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- #quoththeaugustbookchallenge LGBTQIA+ I have not heard of many books that covers the lgbtqia+ world like the shadow hunters series. Magnus Bane to me is does not just love one type of person. He loves all sorts, least from what I've read, men, women, seelie... As well as that, Of Fire and Stars shows a female lead falling in love with another female, which I find rather refreshing compared to the 'typical' man and woman pairing. I got this book in a previous #owlcrate box and am planning to read it in the near future. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #jayjaysconstantfaerytalesaugust #tagtuesday 5 Favourite Things. Now, that is hard so I might have to generalise... In no order... • Cooking • Reading • Chocolate • Sunshine • A clean house. Guess some of these fully depend on my moods and certain days of the week... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- #daysoflostreading89 #books #bookstagram #offireandstars #audreycoulthurst #magnusbane #shadowhunters #lgbtqia+ #bookstagrammer #instabooks Been feeling rather slack, but will hopefully get some photo taking done tomorrow once I've done a few things in town. Anyway, here is my Day 14 photo prompt for #quoththeaugustbookchallenge and #jayjaysconstantfaerytalesaugust ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- • Book Boyfriend. I wish I could have chosen just one, but I had three in mind for this, and all for slightly different and similar reasons. Will and Jace Herondale, as they both have a case of cheek and sass when it comes to retorts to people. The only difference is the time periods they are in, and I love the setting of Victorian London more than modern day New York, though I have sadly never been to either :( The other one is Jon Snow, just because Kit Harrington haha ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ • Aussie Author Love. I wish I had some books by an Aussie author, so instead I have done the Kiwis at War series, which is written by several New Zealand authors and is all set during the years of the first world war, where the New Zealand and Australian Army Corp formed together to be known as the ANZACs. And we're so close on the map, we can sometimes be mistaken for one another. Tab for info. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #daysoflostreading89 #books #bookstagram #photoprompt #bookboyfriend #bookboyfriends #willherondale #jaceherondale #jonsnow #happyhelloish #aussieauthorlove #kiwiauthor #kiwiauthors #kiwisatwarseries Just when I thought I had it sorted... More catch up photos for #quoththeaugustbookchallenge and #jayjaysconstantfaerytalesaugust Day 13. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- • Squad Goals - I wish at times that I had an avid #popvinyl collection, so I can show them off in my photos more, but I fear for my shelves, as there is not enough space for them... Least at the moment, so I will make do with my little #magneticbookmark collection instead. Here are some of the characters I have that I would happily consider as the types in my #squadgoals • A Map for Wretched Girls - as well as that, most of these characters are who I would want to be stuck on an island with. Ariel would get seafood for us; Hermione and Belle will discuss all things bookish; Arya and Clary will be the hunters and Danerys will be security, with the dragons of course. Bookmarks from @happyhelloart --------------------------------------------------------------------- #daysoflostreading89 #books #bookishthings #happyhelloish #aryastark #danerystargaryen #hermionegranger #belle #beautyandthebeast #claryfray #claryfairchild #ariel #thelittlemermaid Day twelve for the photo prompts for both #quoththeaugustbookchallenge and #jayjaysconstantfaerytalesaugust yay!! All caught up now. Hopefully I won't miss any more. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- • No Romance. I can't say for sure at this time, but for The Bone Season so far, there is no romantic interests for the main protagonist of Paige Mahoney. I might have it completely wrong, but I am only two thirds of the way through the book. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ • #currentlyreading #theboneseason #samanthashannon I am really liking this book so far though. Paige is so kick ass, even when she is getting pummelled. Bookbud is from @gabriellea.author --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #daysoflostreading89 #books #currentread #bookstagram #noromance #reading #photoprompt #bookbud #bibliophile #reader Almost all caught up with my photos. This one is for day eleven for both #quoththeaugustbookchallenge (best cover art) and #jayjaysconstantfaerytalesaugust (Funko Friday) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- • Best Cover Art. I couldn't decide between these two books, so I had to show both. RoseBlood by A. G. Howard and Everland by Wendy Spinale, both books I received in previous @owlcrate boxes, and they were good reads, least for me. • #funkofriday I haven't had the chance to show off many of my funkos, and since the books are remastered tales of classics, how does this modern take on Sherlock Holmes not work with them?? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #daysoflostreading89 #books #bookstagram #funko #popvinyl #bestcoverart #roseblood #aghoward #everland #wendyspinale #sherlockholmes #owlcrate #bookstagrammer #bibliophile Day 10 #quoththeaugustbookchallenge Sweet Characters. I wasn't sure on this one, as most characters in the books I have read recently have not been entirely sweet. But anyway, I haven't shown this book in a while, so I chose Bilbo Baggins. I love his character and even all of the Hobbits really. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #jayjaysconstantfaerytalesaugust #tagthursday for this one I decided to do the #20factsaboutme so, here it goes. 1. My first two names are Darlene Michelle, and with DM initials, my dad occasionally called me Danger Mouse. 2. I am 28 years old. 3. I was born in Auckland, New Zealand and lived there for 27 years with my parents. 4. My partner and I have been together for just over 8 years. 5. We both now live in Gisborne, New Zealand, which is about 6 hours away from Auckland and we love it, most days. 6. We also bought a house here, which we could not have done in Auckland if we had stayed there. 7. I had been on my Learner's Licence for 11 years before I finally got my Restricted. 8. We have one fur baby, a dog called Mixie, who is a 12 year old Foxie Whippet cross. 9. I have left New Zealand all of two times in my life, and both times I went to Sydney, Australia. 10. I have four tattoos, and am planning more, even if it takes two years between each one. 11. One tattoo is Harry Potter themed, but it is not the Deathly Hallows symbol, a Snitch, or "Always". 12. I do a lot of impulse buying. I'm terrible, I walk into most stores and am bound to walk out with something. 13. I think I have a mild case of ocd... 14. I am left handed, and so is my mum. 15. When it comes to my name, I am the third generation on my mums side to have a name starting with D - her name is Denise and her mum's name was Doreen. 16. I am going to carry on this tradition for if and when I have a girl - she will have a name starting with D, which is hard as there aren't many that I like. 17. I am an only child. 18. I have been mistaken for being from the South Island, as I roll my R's a bit. 19. I want to be a writer of some sort one day. 20. The photo in shot was taken just over two years ago of my partner and me when we visited family in Aus. Day nine photo prompts for both #quoththeaugustbookchallenge and #jayjaysconstantfaerytalesaugust ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- First one is Sassy Characters, and I just have to go with Claire Fraser for that. I just loved how in Outlander she had a lot of sass directed at all the men in the series, especially Jamie. And this leads me into the next prompt - OTP (one true pairing for the unaware) Jamie and Claire are just so amazingly perfect. They love, argue, and discuss so intensely, it can only show that they are meant to be together. I love it, and I cannot wait for the third season of the show to come out. -------------------------------------------------- #daysoflostreading89 #books #bookstagram #magneticbookmark #happyhelloish #clairefraser #jamiefraser #outlander #dragonflyinamber #voyager #dianagabaldon #sassenach #sassycharacters #otp #onetruepairing Day 8 for #quoththeaugustbookchallenge Best Dystopian. I've not read many dystopian books, but this one my partner has many times, and I just love the sound of it. Even though the book shown is one of the sequels by the authors son, the first book in the series sets the story and brings so much to this universe, it's just... Amazing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dune was written by Frank Herbert back in the sixties and is set in the far off future where humanity has veered from using technology and instead expands the use of their minds to complete complex tasks. This is also enabled by a thing they call spice found on only one planet. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The early books centre on the character of Paul Atreides, his family and how he is the pinnical of a group of priestesses, yet he came 100 years too early. He eventually becomes like a prophet known as Muad'Dib to a group of people called the Fremen. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- #daysoflostreading89 #books #photoprompt #bestdystopian #dystopian #dune #frankherbert #paulatreides #bookstagramfeature #bookstagrammer A bit more of the catch up today. Hopefully I will be caught up sometime tomorrow evening... I hope. --------------------------------------------------------------------- #jayjaysconstantfaerytalesaugust Day 7 DNF'd Book. More like a did not finish, or even start the series. I had started reading a free sample of Fifty Shades of Grey a few years ago - since all my friends were really into it. And... I just kept thinking what is this?? How is this popular?? So I didn't picked it up again, though I was given these copies by a family friend. I just kept thinking "this is fan fiction that got popular... From Twilight!!" I didn't mind the books, but I detest the films, but the Fifty Shades films.... Wow!! They may have peaked my interest in these, so I may give them a read at some point... In the near future ----------------------------------------------------- #daysoflostreading89 #books #dnf #photoprompt #bookstagram #fiftyshadesofgrey #fiftyshadesdarker #fiftyshadesfreed #eljames #bookadaptation #filmadaptation #fiftyshadesoffuckedup

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Darlene-MC Student & Reader

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I am a recent graduate of the Post Graduate Diploma in Communications and Journalism, and am now hoping to gain the next step in post-graduate study: A Masters degree in Communications and Popular Culture.

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