Do It @staff @staffs-secret-blog

My thing is that i do live my life sans tik tok i dont use it to do anything i dont get information from it i dont buy (?????) from randos on there and im not even doing a holier-than-thou thing thats just the way ive lived my life bc im old and tired lol.

But like - lets look at India. India did ban tik tok mainly due to a conflict w china (which is a trade partner/adversary just like us) and let me tell you. Indians did not suddenly Enter The Monastery lol they are doing all of their misinformation, snake oil hawking, and religious extremism JUST FINE on other platforms mainly reels.

All thats to say that i dont think banning tiktok will solve the problems i want it to solve but it also won't be the end of the line. There are or will be other platforms - probably worse in some ways and better in others. Tiktok is not a public utility idk

I hate that idiots on twitter are using the swastika as a hate symbol. I hate that Adolf dared to claim it as an Aryan symbol. It is a religious symbol used in many places in India to this day and the fact that so many people in the west either use it to spread hate or shame the Hindus who are using it (while assuming they are antisemitic to use a symbol OF THEIR OWN RELIGION) is disgusting. I'm Muslim and even I know this even though I've never used it. Try learning something about our history instead you pissy little fucktards.

The Samsung batteries? Pretty fucking well ig.

Even 5+ year old phones are still usable to this date.

Can't say that for Apple though

Fabulous

Zuhair Murad | Bridal Fall 2022

Sounds good.

Rereading The Last Hours (chronologically) before Chain of Thorns comes out

Hi!

I’m witchlightdreams and I’m planning to reread the entirety of The Last hours including online extras and side stories in other companion books of the Shadowhunter and I made a plan so everyone can join me. 💜

The Shadowhunter wiki has a very concise timeline of the stories, but it doesn’t include the online Extras and snippets that aren’t canon. So I put together a longer list that has all extras (excluding a few super short snippets) together. This is probably not for people who read TLH for the first time though, since a few of the short stories and extras contain spoilers.

I already asked people if they would be interested in a book club to reread TLH and I got much positive feedback. I thought long about how to achieve a communal book club so I had the idea of just making a hashtag that hasn’t been used yet to share our thoughts on the current chapter, post art, etc. What do you guys think of #TLH reread challenge?

I’ve made a plan in which order I will read the The Last hours again before the big finale and everyday I will post something about the reading section of the day, life-blog about my thoughts while reading, post art and reblog other stuff from the hashtag, so if you want to keep up-to-date and join the book club, you can either follow this blog or the hashtag or just DM me if you want to join the book club but don’t want to post yourself. I would be very interested to read this communally, so if you want to read at the same time as me, please use the tag or tell me directly. Of course you can also join later or skip the extras at the beginning entirely.

Of course no one has to follow my recommended plan, you should always read in your own time and find joy in reading. I just made this for myself and everyone who wants to read parallel with me. I’m trying to keep every daily section under 50 pages and always between 25-45 pages, but in the beginning it might not be possible, especially with the extra stories, since they don’t have page numbers and because short stories are usually longer than chapters.

If you want resources where to find the extra stories, I made a second post for that and tagged it with our book club tag.

In case you don’t own the companion books or don’t want to read the short stories because they’re too long, that’s not a problem! The Shadowhunter wiki has a good summary of those so you don’t have knowledge gaps!

Happy reading!

witchlightdreams

TLH reread challenge plan:

Colour explanation:

Online Extras

Magnus Bane Chronicles Short Stories

Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy Snippets

Ghosts of the Shadow Market Short Stories

Actual The Last Hours Novel

Pre-TLH

24.12.22

• The Whitechapel Fiend 1888

(Christmas eve)

• A Lightwood Christmas Carol 1889

25.12.22

• Lucy and Ghosts 1897

• Days Past: Lucie & Cordelia 1897

• Cirenworth Hall 1898

26.12.22

• The Anniversary 1899

27.12.22

• Nothing But Shadows 1899

28.12.22

• The Devil Tavern 1900

• The City of Bones 1900

• Days Past: Christopher 1901

29.12.22 (53 pages)

• Cast Long Shadows 1901

30.12.22 (60 pages)

• Every Exquisite Thing 1901

31.12.22 (circa 39 pages)

• The Midnight Heir 1903 (January)

• Letter from Lucie to Cordelia (directly before Chain of Gold)

⭐️Chain of Gold⭐️

Part one

01.01.23 (39 pages)

Days Past: 1897

1 Better Angels

Days Past: Idris, 1899

02.01.23 (41 pages)

2 Ashes of Roses

3 This Living Hand

03.01.23 (30 pages)

Days Past: Cirenworth Hall, 1900

4 Half Sick of Shadows

04.01.23 (32 pages)

5 Fallen With the Night

Days Past: Idris, 1900

05.01.23 (50 pages)

6 No More of Mirth

Days Past: Idris, 1900

7 Fall of Songs

06.01.23 (37 pages)

8 No Strange Land

9 Deadly Wine

Days Past: Paris, 1902

07.01.23 (27 pages)

10 Loyalty Binds

08.01.23 (45 pages)

11 Talismans and Spell

12 The End of It

09.01.23 (48 pages)

13 Blue Ruin

14 Among Lions

Part Two

10.01.23 (42 pages)

15 The Whispering Room

16 Legion

11.01.23 (25 pages)

Days Past: Cirenworth Hall, 1900

17 The Hollow Sea

Days Past: London, Grosvenor Square, 1901

12.01.23 (47 pages)

18 Darkness Stirs

19 All Places Hell

13.01.23 (28 pages)

20 Less Than Gods

Days Past: Cirenworth Hall, 1898

14.01.23 (45 pages)

21 Burn

22 The Rules of Engagement

15.01.23 (32 pages + extras)

23 No One Who Loves

Epilogue: Chiswick House, London

Between CoG and CoI:

15.01.23 (32 pages + extras)

• Letter from Ragnor to Magnus (during Chain of Gold)

• The Letter Game

• One Must Always Be Careful of Books

⛓️Chain of Iron⛓️

Part one

15.01.23 (32 pages + extras)

London:East End

16.01.23 (46 pages)

1 The Bright Web

2 All That Turns

17.01.23 (27 pages)

Grace: 1893-1896

3 Bitter and Sweet

18.01.23 (40 pages)

4 A Good Name

5 The King Is Dead

19.01.23 (41 pages)

London: 48 Curzon Street

6 Things To Come

Grace: 1896

7 Tread Lightly

20.01.23 (44 pages)

London: Finch Lane

8 To Bring a Fire

9 The Scars Remaining

21.01.23 (32 pages)

London: Shoe Lane

10 The Damned Earth

Grace: 1897

22.01.23 (48 pages)

11 Crowns and Pounds and Guineas

London: Shepherd Market

12 Requiem

23.01.23 (41 pages)

Grace: 1899

13 The Wintry Win

14 The Flaming Forge

24.01.23 (39 pages)

15 Walk by Daytime

16 Dark Breaks to Dawn

25.01.23 (29 pages)

London: Golden Square

Part Two

17 Prophet of Evil

26.01.23 (39 pages)

18 Goblin Market

19 Thine Own Palace

27.01.23 (35 pages)

20 Equal Temper

Grace: 1899-1900

21 Hell's Own Track

28.01.23 (37 pages)

22 Heart of Iron

Grace: 1903

23 A Silken Thread

29.01.23 (45 pages)

24 He Shall Rise

25 Archangel Ruined

30.01.23 (49 pages)

26 Older Than Gods

27 Wake With Wings

31.01.23 (42 pages)

Grace: 1900

28 No Wise Man

29 A Broken Mirror

Epilogue

01.02.23

🌹Chain of Thorns🌹

If we enjoy this book club I will continue the challenge for Chain of Thorns, but since we don’t know the chapters and their length yet, I can’t plan this yet.

I love this take and Shane and Ryan. Will miss them.

— Can I say? Can’t be doing that. — You know, obviously, but it is a thing of the times. — … You can’t be doing that. — I mean you see what I’m saying though, right? 

Rupert has been finalized.

Well, there it is. Rupert Blackthorn is officially our ghost.

This is great 👍

Kraig’s Retirement Party is about to get absolutely WILD this week 👀

As @bookishjules and I prepare to break down Julian’s letter to Magnus and all the theories that come with it, catch up with last week’s episode where we ranted about inconsistencies, our favorite crack ship, what Rupert being the ghost means for both the story and the enchantment and everything inbetween!

Oh, and we did A LOT of SoBHing.

If you have any theories, thoughts or questions, send them our way! We want to know all of them!

Reminder! This is our first episode, so bear with us as we fumble through editing and recording. We’ll get better as we go, swear on the Angel!

I've loved so many of them

book quotes that i will never recover from

"he is half of my soul, as the poets say. " - song of achilles

"write me a letter telling me how to live the rest of my life without you." - how to make friends with the dark

"they were my birthday presents." - shatter me

"she had realized that she had forgotten the precise blue of his eyes and the depth of his laugh." - clockwork princess

"my name is sam cortland... and i will not be afraid." - assassin's blade

"you chose me four years ago. would you choose me still?" - these violent delights

"we were all supposed to make it." - crooked kingdom

"i remember everything." - the invisible life of addie larue

"come home and shout at me. come home and fight with me. come home and break my heart, if you must. just come home." - cruel prince

"i wasted all those yesterdays and am completely out of tomorrows." - they both die at the end

"you hated the idea of me." - the final gambit

"bob says hello." - house of hades

"abuse can feel like love. starving people will eat anything." - nightfall

"i missed you only with an ocean between us. but if death was separating us... i would find you." - queen of shadows

"i loved him. i love him. as best i could." - we were liars

"i'm the villain, even in my own story. but you were supposed to play a different role." - finale

"i will find you again in the next world—the next life. and we will have that time. i promise." - a court of wings and ruin

"i spent half of my time loving her and the other half hiding how much i loved her." - the seven husbands of evelyn hugo

Excellent first line. High expectations from here on out.