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YOOOO DISCWORLD IS ON HUMBLE BUNDLE!!!

If you've been on the fence about starting these books THIS IS YOUR SIGN

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compiling a list that no one asked for but i think the best bookshops have at least one or all of the following:

teetering piles of books fighting a tenacious war against gravity u need to shimmy past w ur breath held

bookshelves buckling precariously in the middle

books on said bookshelves crammed in at every conceivable angle

tables whose surface hasn't seen the light of day since 1996

threadbare carpets that haven't been changed since 1983

stack of national geographics going back to before you were born

old person at the cash register

#vibes

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A lot of stories about learning magic hide the cost of magic: they tell a story that you can have magic through your own individual efforts, i.e. that magic comes by studying hard, learning something, and you just have it! You get this magic, and it’s yours.

Our own society encourages us to pretend that magic is free in similar ways. “I worked hard, I got paid, and I bought this iPhone. It’s magic! And it’s mine!” But we know, we all know deep down, that much of the actual costs are being paid by other people somewhere else, or will be paid by you in the future and in your children’s future.

Magic isn’t free. Whenever there is real magic, someone pays for it. And trying to claw apart the story to get to that truth, to expose and show that truth on a visceral level, is part of what I’m trying to do.

— Author Spotlight: Naomi Novik

#i loved reading this quote thinking about scholomance and then getting to the end and seeing who said the quote. like YEAH. THEMES!!!! #scholomance series #naomi novik

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a path, but not a plan

Sophos and Irene in A Conspiracy of Kings, a gift illustration I made for @alecjmarsh as part of the @hamiathesgiftexchange

#a conspiracy of kings #queens thief series #fanart #YESSS OMG <3 <3 <3

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This badly cropped Terry Pratchett quote I found is here for anyone who wants it

#discworld #quotes #lolol #terry pratchett

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harrow the ninth ch. 16 / 51 / 52

#the locked tomb #quotes

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Howl’s Moving Castle - Fan art by Julia Tveritina

#howls moving castle #fanart #OBSESSED

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I last read...

'Silver in the Wood' by Emily Tesh

what I wanted: I needed the "silver" in the title for a reading challenge

what I got: a beautifully atmospheric read!

what I thought: I don't know why I love this so much but the atmosphere and mood of this book has stayed with me for days. It is magical but not in a cutesy way and although I'd love to read a 400-page version of this short story, it does not feel like anything is missing. I rate this 5 out of 5 things from the wood.

#reviews #silver in the wood

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Post from @lockedtombmemes here (x)

#the locked tomb #fanart #lol

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she knows

#the locked tomb #fanart #this rules

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hey hmc girlies (gender neutral) how do we feel about this

#howls moving castle

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recently i read Guards!Guards! by Pratchett and it brings me great joy to draw out the characters, i will now proceed to throw these at you

Colon!

Sybil,,, i love her, how can i not love a crazy dragon lady ((thats also a big lady))... I like the idea that her brows are tiny because they get burnt by dragons so often

Carrot i also love him

+Big woman Sybil with no wig

#discworld #fanart #!!!!

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the most accurate description of university life tbh

#discworld #quotes

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I hate people saying that Mrs Everdeen was a neglectful mother before Mr Everdeen died like… I may be missing something but I don’t remember any mention of her being absent before he died???

Also I HATE Mrs Everdeen slander all together like you’re clearly missing a big point that was being made about grief, depression and love. Even Katniss knows by the second book that it wasn’t her mothers fault and by the end of mockingjay she has experienced it herself.

#the hunger games #meta

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updates!

have now read:

bringing down the duke - evie dunmore

abandon - blake crouch

fun home - alison bechdel

he said / she said - erin kelly

the wee free men - terry pratchett

the lost apothecary - sarah penner

recursion - blake crouch

tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow - gabrielle zevin

pyramids - terry pratchett

currently reading:

moving pictures - terry pratchett

#my posts #reading progress update #bookblr #original post

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updates!

read:

everfair - nisi shawl

the last graduate - naomi novik

the golden enclaves - naomi novik

i keep my exoskeletons to myself - marisa crane

deaths end - cixin liu

a bad deal for the whole galaxy - alex white

the death of vivek oji - akwaeke emezi

legends and lattes - travis baldree

if we were villains - m.l. rio

spinning silver - naomi novik

yellowface - r.f. kuang

the hunger games - suzanne collins

catching fire - suzanne collins

astray - emma donoghue

weather - jenny offill

finlay donovan jumps the gun - elle cosimano

clytemnestra - costanza casati

mockingjay - suzanne collins

no one is talking about this - patricia lockwood

a man called ove - fredrik backman

the spy - paulo coelho

currently reading:

abandon - blake crouch

#my posts #reading progress update #bookblr #original post

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updates!

read:

the bandit queens - parini shroff

uprooted - naomi novik

the poppy war - r.f. kuang

the terraformers - annalee newitz

the paris apartment - lucy foley

the buried giant - kazoo ishiguro

the dragon republic - r.f. kuang

the golden spoon - jessa maxwell

a deadly education - naomi novik

broken people - sam lansky

scorched grace - margot douaihy

the stars are legion - kameron hurley

docile - k.m. szpara

plain bad heroines - emily m danforth & sara lautman

currently reading:

a chorus of stones - susan griffin (still lol)

everfair - nisi shawl

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