dearrivarie: February 2020

Social media is both a delightful way to pass time and a never-ending rabbit hole of visual stimuli. This week's Top Ten Tuesday's topic was to list characters you'd follow on social media which I thought would fun to create. I'm choosing Instagram as my social media of choice because I personally spend way too much time on the app and have partially sold my life to the discover tab...it's a bit of a problem.

alice - the hazelwood - @aliceprosperine

I don't know if Alice would have the time in her adventure to document her findings, especially if she's constantly stalked by the Hinterland, but if she did I think she'd have a very hauntingly beautiful green-themed feed.

maia - spin the dawn - @starsandscissors

Maia would have such a gorgeous feed featuring all her different creations and of course her golden scissors. When she eventually gets some free time, she'd probably also include some fun family photos or some beautiful mountains.

nadya - all the wicked saints - @candlesandchants

Nadya pre-monastery attack would have a very calming feed that documented her everyday routine and maybe even the pranks she'd like to pull on the monks. Post-attack would be a different story but could be a place where she documents her personal struggles with her faith.

tea - the bone witch - @ladydeath

I think Tea's feed would honestly be aesthetic goals - from the beautiful asha dresses and events to her exile, she'd manage to make feed awe-inspiring. I think she'd also definitely include some cute photos of the daeva pre and post resurrections.

sarai - strange the dreamer - @museofmoths

Sarai would probably use her account to post philosophical thoughts and/or reflections of the dreams and nightmares she created. She would also have some beautiful pictures of Weep from above though her account would probably have to be private (pre-Muse of Nightmares) to avoid being discovered.

These were the first that came to mind and I actually had a lot of fun finding pictures online to put together a hypothetical feed for these characters.

Who would you follow on Instagram and what would they post about?

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It is already February 20th and I have yet to read a single book. In all honesty, I've just been so busy cause this month I've taken over all my teacher's classes so the lesson planning has been a lot to handle. It is currently February break and my thoughts of reading tons and tons of books have faded away because of my sheer lack of motivation to do anything but sleep and eat (catching up on rest and nutrition take priority).

I have, however, recently gotten approved for a ton of exciting books on NetGalley, all of which I would potentially like to read sometime this month and into the next. What better way to hold myself mildly accountable than to share them in a post and for an extra fun factor see if I can match them up to some songs I've been listening to lately.

scream to the gods

My thing with sequels seems to be that I always take the long way to get to them. I've had this on my TBR almost as long as I've had the first book and I really need to stop putting it off. From where we last left off, there's a lot of making others scream and wanting to scream and that fits quite well with Dreamcatcher's new title track - there's also a switch in the song's lyrics about taking back control of yourself which I think is a pretty accurate description of the story.

so what, who cares what they say?

This one I've actually started and so far the main character is giving me huge "so what" vibes - she owns her personality and outsider status like a boss. LOONA's title track is all about not caring what others think of you and carving your own path which I definitely think will be explored more as the story continues to unfold and the adventure begins.

you're so done

Everglow has completely wrecked me out of the blue with this comeback because I am honestly obsessed with this song. Where Dreams Descend is pitched as a Caraval and Night Circus mix so you know it's all about to the intrigue and magic of the circus with the intensity of super high stakes and a game of talent. I haven't even started reading this yet and I can already picture the contestants going at each other with Dun Dun blasting through the speakers.

at the crossroads of life

I love Akemi Dawn Bowman's novels because they are raw and beautiful depictions of what it means to grow up. Gfriend's new title track also portrays the struggles of approaching life's crossroads and having to make difficult decisions on what path to follow on. Judging from the summary, our main character decides to take some risks with her life and the scariness of making those choices can definitely be intertwined with Crossroads' lyrics.

taking control of your fiesta

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I was a little torn on this because the novel itself is a retelling of Les Miserables from Eponine's perspective and I*ZONE's Fiesta didn't seem like a good fit. However, with the help of Google, I found the English translations for the song and I actually think the two work quite well together. Fiesta is all about taking ownership of your life even if the results are unexpected which I think can describe Eponine's journey pretty well. I'm also in complete love with that cover so both of these are top-tier visuals.

What are you currently listening to and do they happen to correlate with anything you're reading?