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 rnoachi replied to your link âHandbook for Mortalsâ Pulled From âNew York Timesâ YA Best-sellerâŚâ
Whatâs going on omfg
LMAOOO. All right Ima try and explain this succinctly as possible. Basically this random-ass âyoung adultâ book, âHandbook for Mortals,â hit the NYT Bestseller List on the #1 Spot for the Hardcover Young Adult Category this morning. Only problem is that literally NO ONE had ever heard of this book before, like nada marketing, publicity, etc. Zilch. It was supposedly published by a company, GeekNation who only announced their publishing arm back in July.Â
To hit the Bestseller list, the book would have had to sold at least 5,000~ copies within the first week, but a few people were quick to point out a major discrepancy where the book was literally out of stock everywhere in all major retailers, like legit you couldnât find it on B&N, Amazon, and so on. Â
YA Twitter basically crowd-sourced an investigation where a few anonymous booksellers revealed that they had gotten calls first asking if they were NYT-reporting bookstores, and then received bulk orders of the book but not caring when the books arrived. Soooo essentially what happened was that this book scammed itâs way on to the top of the NYT Bestseller List by figuring out which bookstores reported sales to the NYT (to determine what hits the bestsellers list, the NYTâs methodology takes a sample from various bookstores, and this supposedly changes every week). They then ordered thousands of copies of the book from those stores and only those stores - and by doing so, this was all a scheme in the hopes of driving the book to the top of the bestseller list.Â
The main impetus for hitting the bestseller list was for getting a better chance to have a movie adaptation of the book made with a label like â#1 NYT Bestselling Book!â which would have made it more appealing to potential investors. Butttt all of this was discovered and the NYT sent out a revision where they removed the book on the list a few hours ago.Â
Someone also compared an excerpt of the book to an excerpt from âMy Immortal,â so now thereâs a conspiracy theory that the author, Lani Sarem, is actually the author behind that fanfic. Sheâs also a former music manager who worked with bands like Blues Traveler, and the official Blues Traveler account weighed in and claimed that she was fired for âpulling these kind of stunts.âÂ
And IN ADDITION to all this craziness, you had the bizarre emergence of random early-2000s celebrities linked to all of this - Lani is apparently JC Chasezâs (from N Sync) cousin who promoted the book on his twitter, and the co-founder of GeekNation (the publishing company behind this book) is Clare Kramer, who portrayed Glory on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and actor Thomas Ian Nicholas (American Pie, Rookie of the Year) was allegedly involved and planning to star in an eventual movie adaptation.
So, yeah thatâs what happened in the last 12 hours of YA Twitter lol.Â
This is the wildest thing and I love every minute of it.
#also let me be super fuckin real with you here #if we discover that âmy immortalâ was written by jc chasezâs cousin #i will immediately expire and ASCEND TO A HIGHER PLANE OF EXISTENCE (via @actualvampireang)
This doesnât even cover half the craziness. Some of my other favorite parts:
- The cover wasnât even revealed until the beginning of August
- The ONLY chatter on Twitter before this was a little blog tour theyâd put together, but nothing else
- The distribution company behind this is the same people who distributed Milo Yadablahblah
- Whoever was behind this knew August was the best time to push a book onto the list (as opposed to September, which is bananas)
- Whoever was behind this knew the EXACTLY how many books to order form each store (the number that alerts NYT to start giving you a hard time is like 80 books at indies, so they went around and ordered 79 each.)
- But they were dumb enough to wildly over-order (they ordered over 18,000, over double what it wouldâve taken)
- Also dumb enough to straight-up tell the booksellers âThis is for an event but itâs okay if it doesnât arriveâ
- The book only has ONE blurb. One.Â
- No trade reviews. No blurbs from other authors within the community
- The ONE blurb is from an âinternational bestselling authorâ
- No. Sheâs a self-pub romance author whoâs besties with LS
- You find all that out in the foreword (who puts a foreword on a YA novel???)
- Also the main character is 25 and there isnât a single teen in this supposed YA novel
- Also also the cover may have been plagiarized
- Also also also the book knocked The Hate U Give to #2 and Everything, Everything off the list entirely, so people were maaaaaaaad
- And finally, when confronted with all this, the author tried to pull a â#KeepYAKind uwuâ in her response to PW.
Idris Elba, photographed by Victor Demarchelier for Esquire, Aug 2017.
interview with the vampire is a movie about two gay jerks raising a sociopathic child and then they get a divorce that results in a lot of death for a lot of people
In one of the gay jerksâ defense(Louis), he already wanted to divorce the other jerk who then thought the only *possible* solution to their relationship would be to steal a 4 years old and turn her into a vampire for them to parent for a hundred years therefore making her into a sociopath that tries to set him on fire. *THEN* they get that divorce.
Louis: I want out of this murder marriage.
Lestat: You canât abandon me and our child like this!!!
Louis: We donât have a ch⌠what did you do?

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what's so great about the mummy 1999?
are you ready for this?Â
it is the most wonderfully made, historically inaccurate, giddily fun, perfectly paced, goofy horror movie romance novel bullshit bonanza that has ever blessed the silver screen.
i mean it is just so beautifully full of every genre without being overwhelming.weâve got: comedy, action, suspense, horror, romance, adventure, ancient aesthetics, and itâs a period piece. all perfectly balanced and blended into one movie.
and the characters are so LIT
we got our main babe, evelyn âmotherfuckingâ carnahan, a super-klutz librarian, total history nerd, and certified badass/damsel in distress. she raises the dead on accident, because she cannot resist books, and has the guts to put that motherfucker back where he came from and literally saves the world.evieâs greatest hits:Â
âwhat is a place like me, doing in a girl like this?!â
*after totally destroying the library*Â âiâve just made a bit of a mess in the library.â
âno harm ever came from reading a book.â
evelyn:Â *upon opening the tomb* âiâve dreamt about this since i was a little girl.ârick: âyou dream about dead guys?â
âoops.â
then weâve got rick âbrendan fraserâ oâconnell, your not-so-typical battle hardened gun slinger with a heart of gold. he seems filthy, rude, and a complete scoundrel at first, but then he turns into a literal puppy, with massive heart eyes, that worships the ground evie walks on.rickâs greatest hits:
*screams at mummy*
*screams at sand*
*screams at things that are illogical to scream at*
*screams*
next is our Comedic Relief Characterâ˘, jonathan carnahan, who also rises above his trope. heâs there for the laugh sure, but is never useless. he actively helps to move the plot along and isnât just there. he also is the farthest thing from brainless and annoying.jonathanâs greatest hits:
evelyn: âhave you no respect for the dead?âjonathan: âof course i do, but sometimes iâd rather like to join them.â same.
oh and that time he was like âIMHOTEPâ and saved his own ass like that was so smooth, yâall know what iâm talking about right??
then there is ardeth BAE. he is the audience rolling his eyes because *sighs* white people. heâs tired of these motherfucking mummies in this motherfucking desert. literally prettier than everyone.(he has a much bigger role in the mummy returns, but is still so fab here)
and of course THE MUMMY. imhotep. actual emo. literally carved some poetry into the back of his sarcophagus when he was buried alive with flesh eating bugs, because he is that Extraâ˘. just wants to bring his girlfriend back to life so he can make out with her without it being treason.Â
and all the side characters are also gr8.
now i wanna take a moment to talk about the romance. because it is so BEAUTIFUL. like usually in action movies itâs macho man undermines girl and they bone. not here. no time for that shit.Â
rick and evie have such a great relationship based on mutual respect and affection. they both cater to each otherâs strengths and cover each otherâs weaknesses. they are the literally definition of:Â âthose two. in a fight, theyâre lethal. around each other, they meltâ
what else, i could literally talk about this movie all day.
the special effects have held up pretty well.the music score is GORGEOUS.the costumes are amazing.the makeup, especially for anck su namun, OH WOW.the george of the jungle era brendan fraser sign me the fuck up.rachel weisz.
so many good things.
itâs just great.
#i secretly rate every action movie from 0 to the mummy
itâs a beautiful mess of a movie that can be enjoyed by people of all ages and transcends time and posterity as the alpha mummy movie, and to those who disagree i beseech you:
Of fucking course Franzeskaâs Kickstarter has Aja Romanoâs seal of approval.Â
Aja, I will remind you, in addition to being a giant fucking embarrassment to all sensible fans everywhere, became a legit accessory to a hate movement when she allowed Zoe Quinnâs ex an uncritical platform on the Daily Dot regarding the gaming hashtag.
(Also sheâs the one who tried to burn a LJ t-shirt on video during Strikethrough and failed. This doesnât have anything to do with the above really, I just like reminding people it happened.)
I tried to explain to a friend of mine who has never ever been poor in his life why it is that poverty is a cycle, and why itâs so difficult to escape poverty.Â
His response was, âjust save moneyâ. I kept trying to explain that when you are living paycheck to paycheck, there really is no saving money because most of your income is being spent on basic needs: food, shelter, clothing, transportation.Â
So, then he responded, âwell, why canât you just save $5 every weekâ. Well, a lot of poor people do try to save. I would manage to get a few hundred in my savings account, but then you get a flat tire, or you end up getting sick and missing a week of work, or you have an unexpected bill. And, that few hundred dollars suddenly disappears. I tried to explain to him that when youâre poor, unanticipated expenses can very quickly and easily blow through what little you have in your savings account and put you back at square one.Â
I also tried to explain that when you are that poor, you need to make purchases while you have the money. Like, if I needed a new pair of jeans and I had an extra $30 that week, I would buy myself a new pair of jeans that week because I didnât know when I would have an extra $20 or $30 to spend. So, he countered that with, âYou donât need to buy clothes. You could have put that $30 in your savings.â
To which I responded, âWell, if it were socially acceptable to walk around without pants on, then maybe poor people could climb out of poverty, but until then, when your jeans have holes in them, or donât fit you anymore, you need to get some new ones.â
Then it kind of clicked for him.. a little.Â
So, I went on to talk about the sociological aspects of poverty, like how growing up poor, or growing up as part of a marginalized demographic pushes your starting block 100 feet behind your peers.. how our educational systems are set up to fail impoverished children. The light bulb flickered, but never fully turned on.Â
And, then he said, âI still canât believe you were ever on food stamps.âÂ
Yes, my friend, poverty and I get a nice little reunion every few years. I know it intimately, which is why you should sit back, relax, and just listen.Â
I never understood how it was so difficult to see the realities of poverty. To me, it is sort of common sense. And, what is irksome is that poverty doesnât always present itself as an old beat up car, and falling apart sneakers. People who grow up middle class and financially secure seem to think that poverty looks a lot like dirty children with dirty clothes, and no shoes. But, it doesnât. It can be that, but itâs often not.Â
I grew up in a nice house in the suburbs, but we were poor. We were very poor for a long time, in part due to my medical issues. People assume that because we went to Catholic school, and had a nice house that we were well-off. We werenât. My mother worked 2-3 jobs, and my parents took out loans to pay for our school tuition. My motherâs parents helped pay for some of our education, even though they were also incredibly poor. My parents sometimes struggled to put food on the table.Â
I never had clothes that were dirty or falling apart, but most of my clothes and shoes were hand-me-downs from my older cousins. In fact, a lot of my toys were, too.Â
Both of my parents grew up in poverty. My father, especially, grew up in complete and abject poverty. Their parents grew up in poverty, and so did their parents. My parents made immense sacrifices to set us up for financial success, but life always finds a way to intervene.Â
Personally, my health issues have been the driving factor behind my own financial issues. I have amassed thousands of dollars in medical debt. I work a job that doesnât use my degree at all because I can work part time and still get benefits, and because I know I wonât get fired if I need to take extended absences due to my health.Â
So, when you say, âI still canât believe you were ever on food stamps,â  you are really saying, âI have this picture in my head of what poverty looks like, and you donât fit that image.âÂ
That idea we have about what poverty is supposed to look like is a big reason why people in the middle class are so content with cutting safety net programs, even though they are one medical problem, one car accident, or one lay-off away from complete financial ruin. What does poverty look like, then.  How do you âjust save moneyâ, then.Â
poverty in the developed world doesnât look like a refugee child with flies on their face.
it looks like a normal person in normal clothes, in a normal apartment, with their bills spread out on the kitchen table, crying.
That last sentence, bruh
In my experience, poverty is performing a constant juggling act until something adds one too many balls and the whole thing comes crashing down around you.Â
And thatâs really all it takes. One additional bill and suddenly the routine youâve carefully maintained of cycling through which bill gets paid late and shifting debt around and scraping by suddenly implodes and you can go from making it, to wildly, totally, completely fucked because of one piece of mail.Â
WHY IS NICK SPENCER LIKE THIS AND WHY IS BEING PAID TO BE LIKE THIS

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Even if youâre unemployed, even if youâre taking time off from school, even if nobody is calling and making plans with you, get out of bed, take a shower, put on clean clothes, wear some cologne or perfume, turn all the lights on, do some laundry, clean up a little bit.Â
Doing all this stuff causes a shift in your perspective. Do it in spite of your situation.Â
Thatâs the only way to create sustainable happiness, because if your behavior is dictated by your circumstances, youâre always going to be miserable. Donât let the world determine your mindset. Let your mindset determine how you view the world.
This is the most neurotypical shit Iâve ever read
Diagnosed bipolar and major depressive to the point I had to be hospitalized for it but fuck me for tryna keep it positive nahmean cool copypasta tho hate yall
mentally ill person: *trying to cope and recover in practical, pragmatic ways* someone, inevitably: what kind of neurotypical bullshit is this
a lot of this website has fallen into the trap of equating being pro people who struggle with mental illness with being anti recovery, and even goes so far as to glorify and enable maladaptive symptoms and behaviors.  This is a monumentally  stupid idea.  Illnesses and disorders are called that for a reason.  They are not Cake and Happy Funtimes.  They make you miserable,  they make the people around you miserable, and everything sucks.
Posts that say âKeep trying to do this thing, even when you struggle with it,â are saying that for a reason.  Itâs fighting back against the illness, refusing to let it claim you. Yeah, itâs hard!  Yeah, it sucks!  Yeah, itâs okay for you to take a break if you need to!  Yeah, itâs perfectly fine if you canât do it alone and need to ask for help!  Sometimes lots of help!  But keep fighting.  Keep resisting.  Itâs your life at stake.
I am a girl who loves my island, and the girl who loves the sea
thereâs a goat! why is there a goat!? oh my god! thereâs a fucking lama!
PLEASEEE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD UNMUTE THIS HEâS SO PERPLEXED
âAre you a nice goat?â ASKING THE HARD QUESTIONS.Â
some hipster post on tumblr: âWhat if instead of intense fight scenes, compelling romance, or nuanced characterization character X and Y just accepted eachother from the start and became platonic friends who cuddled and did quirky things together like knit plaid blankets and sell them to the townspeople??â
50,000 of yâall:Â âSO MUCH THISâ
Me: âThat sounds boring as shit.âÂ
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