#British Books

[oc4everything]

Sooooo… remember those books from elementary school about rainbow fairies? Well they’re still going and….

I don’t know how to unpack all of this

#meme #memes #funny #rainbow magic #rainbow magic fairies #fidget toys #kids books #elementary school #elementary school books #rainbow magic fairies books #british books

[locklyle1kanij]

I wrote this whole review for good reads but i also wanted to post it here. I’m hoping that someone who either hasn’t heard of the books of hasn’t been convinced to read the books yet will find this!

I wanted to come here and write a review on all the books because i hope at least one of my reviews will convince someone to read these books.

Okay so i’m a pretty big reader and my favourite series before i read Lockwood And Co was Six Of Crows, which is still one of my favs but like i would just say if you read and enjoyed SOC i can almost promise you that you’ll like Lockwood and Co it’s got a lot of similarities like the found family which by the way this book series does amazingly, found family is my favourite trope, tell me a book has found family in it and i’m most likely gonna read it. But the found family in Lockwood And Co is definitely hands down my favourite found family! Like the characters dynamic with each other is just so perfect, and i’m obsessed with, as the series goes on the found family only grows larger!!

Also another thing i’m obsessed with in this book series is the plot. I don’t like ghost stuff, it’s not my preferred genre, but with Lockwood and Co i absolutely love the spookiness of it all. The cases that the characters take with the ghosts are always so interesting and the way Jonathan Stroud (the author) made different types of ghosts that all have different weaknesses and strengths!! I will never not be obsessed with just the world of Lockwood and Co in general especially since it’s British, I love books taking place in Britain! Also i just wanted to say the books only get better the farther you read into the series, like for me my favourite book of the series in the fourth one. So if you liked the first one but your not sure if you really want to continue this series i would say at least read till the third one then choose if you wanna keep reading.

Okay if your one of those people who feel like they can’t read a book without at least a bit of romance, me too honestly. If someone ever try’s to tell you Lockwood And Co doesn’t have romance in it, send them to me because i’m more then willing to educate them okay. I love books with a good romance sub plot and this book is in no way a disappointment in that. If you like slow burn like i do (Like Kaz and Inej or another fan fav, Percy and Annabeth) i can tell you, your definitely gonna fall in love with Lucy Carlyle and Anthony Lockwood! They’re slow burn is DEFINITELY a slow burn but it’s pretty obvious that even from the beginning that they’re not just friends or even colleges. Even the author confirmed in multiple times and even if he hadn’t i was already confident that they were a relationship that’s gonna last a lifetime. You know when you read books with a cute little romance in them but once your done the book your like, Ya no that’s not gonna be a long term relationship right there. Well this book series is not like that. Lockwood and Lucy are there for each other, always there to protect each other with their life if necessary but not only that, but something i will never get over from these’s books is how even though they’ve been through all they have in life it’s not about dying for each other, but it’s about how they fight to LIVE for each other and you see more of that character growth together through your the series as they grow up into the people that they are at the end of the series, and i just think that’s super beautiful.

Even though this book series was, at least at first marketed to the youth, i think any age can enjoy it. I was worried at first before i read the books (I watched the show first) that i wouldn’t be able to enjoy the books as much as if i was reading them when they first came out but honestly now after reading and rereading all the books i think i can honestly say that i might have enjoyed the books more. Some of the points of the books very lightly skim over some more serious topics that i don’t think i would have noticed if i was younger while reading these books. I’m not going to give any specific examples because i want this to be a spoiler free review but just know that i have actually examples i’m thinking of right now while i’m writing this. So i’m not just making it up on how it, even thought it’s not marketed to an younger audience, does touch on some deeper topics.

If you read this all, first of all wow that’s a lot of writing to read lol. I’m sorry, i’m a pretty big fan girl over this series. But everything i wrote here i believe whole heartily. I would go on for longer honestly, but i’m afraid if i write much more i’ll start spoiling the books so I’m just gone leave it here. Please Please just try out these books. You’ll be doing yourself a huge favour. Also right now a comic book is in the works for this series so you should read the books before that comes out! Byeee thank you for reading my rant!

#book recs #found family trope #slow burn romance #character development #book series recs #amazing main characters #book review #save lockwood and co #british books #READ IT #spoiler free review

[archerygun]

A really old drawing (excuse it being absolutely shite) I did of Nick Diamond and Alex Rider after reading the first couple of Alex Rider books in school (grew up with Diamond Brothers, had only just started Alex Rider when I drew this. Don’t ask me why man I really don’t know).

The treatment of Alex and Nick by the British secret service is just fucking hilarious to me. With Alex they’re like “Oh… he’s 14. This has to be immoral… but it’s the only choice!” and meanwhile they straight up use Nick (who might even be 13 in this incident because I don’t remember where he ages up lmao) as bait for one of the world’s most dangerous assassins with an established kill streak after abandoning him and his brother in the Netherlands.

It’s also so funny going into Alex Rider after the Diamond Brothers because Alex is actually capable of fighting back. Like he’s actually fit. He can run. And fight. Nick Diamond could never. Poor boy only gets fed properly like three times a week, he’s malnourished. (Although he’s also kinda batshit unhinged so he does have that going for him).

I think they’d have an epic partnership though if Nick ever gets entangled in MI6 bullshit again (quite likely).

Maybe I should redraw this ngl.

#diamond brothers #nick diamond #anthony horowitz #british #alex rider #british books #art #fanart

[tjalexandernyc]

Big news for me! My books will be available across the UK! Simon & Schuster UK will be printing and selling my first four books in my very first international rights deal. I’m a big fan of those tea kettles the British have, so you can imagine my excitement.

UK folks, this means the eBook and audiobook versions of Chef’s Kiss and Chef’s Choice are available now through your online retailers. Print editions of Chef’s Kiss should be out 6 July (I know how y'all love making those dates backwards, I am so cosmopolitan!), and print editions of Chef’s Choice are coming on 20 July. You can also look forward to your very own UK editions of Second Chances in New Port Stephen later this year and the as-yet-unrevealed Book 4. Please spread the word so that other British readers can find me!

#uk books #queer romance #trans romance #nonbinary romance #romance novels #british books #foodie romance

[alethianightsong]

US School don't teach that "Lord of the Flies" is a Deconstruction hitpiece

This is purely anecdotal, but my little small-town middle school never taught me the historical context of LotF. They taught us that LotF is about how "savagery is in every human heart no matter how young" and that's it. William Golding wrote it as a brutal takedown of "The Coral Island" a lesser-known work that has the same plot as LotF (boys stranded on an island with no adults) but it's a happy ending. Anyway, from the 1800s onward, there was a slew of stories about white men getting stranded on islands or in jungles and quickly domesticating the wilderness, subduing the natives, and returning to civilization at the end of the story no worse for a wear and with a fantastic story to tell. In this unfamiliar wilderness, they easily survive the wild animals, hunt for food, and build a nice little hut (bonus points if the natives start worshipping the white man or give him a cool nickname after besting them). This genre was very pro-imperialism, pro-colonialism, and stressed how superior the white man was-- no surprise since this was the 19th century aka "age of imperialism." The genre, dubbed "Robinsonade" after Robsinson Carusoe, grew to encompass child protagonists, typically prepubescent or pubescent boys who got shipwrecked and had a jolly adventure until help arrived. Anyway, I guess Golding got fed up with how this genre made being marooned into a sweet little adventure so he wrote "Lord of the Flies" where, instead of banding together to build grass huts and becoming professional outdoorsmen, the boys devolve into two cliques, the savage clique who want to stay on the island and the few clinging to order until help arrives. These British boys aren't natural survivalists keeping a "stiff upper lip." They're scared, isolated kids descending into brutality and paranoia. At the end of the book, an adult comes for them and all the surviving kids break down in tears, realizing how bestial they became without supervision.

#lord of the flies #jack merridew #piggy #lord of the flies simon #robinsonade #shipwrecked #marooned #psychological #william golding #lotf #lotf ralph #lord of the flies movie #lotf book #British books #british literature #lotf roger #lotf jack #lotf fandom #lotf simon #adventure #genre deconstruction #young adult literature

[andietries]

What’s the deal with British Books and swans??Because I have read two books in a row about swans attacking someone. They seem terrified of them. Or is it a metaphor that I don’t understand?

#three men in a boat #very good jeeves #jerome k. jerome #pg wodehouse #jeeves and wooster #books #reading #british books #swans #my reads

[cupofteajones]

Best Books of 2022...So Far: Picture Books

Best Books of 2022…So Far: Picture Books

It’s that time of year again! Welcome to another round of the Best Books of the Year so Far, where halfway through the year, I name the titles I read that I feel are the best of 2022. Just like last year, I will be listing the books by different genre and format. So stay tuned every Thursday throughout the rest of this month, catch my favorite reads of 2022 that you want to keep your eye…

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#Books #British Books #Child Literacy #Children #children books #Disability Awareness #Disability Pride #Disability Rights #Diverse Authors #Diverse Reads #Diverse Stories #Diversity #Diversity in Books #Manjeet Mann #Picture Books

[sagafiction]

Power of Nature - C. L. Peache

UK // US // IN

#booklr #books and reading #books #books and literature #booksbooksbooks #murder mystery #thriller books #books and nature #british authors #british books #unrealiable narrator #reading #tbr pile #moodboard #indie publishing #indie books #indie author

[h1jadeatenea]

#polls #books #reading #bookblr #john green #becky albertalli #adam silvera #patrick ness #j.d. salinger #lisa williamson #giovanni boccaccio #jane austen #dmitry glukhovsky #neil gaiman #maria zaragoza #american books #spanish books #british books #ancient books #russian books #fantasy #thriller #horror #romance #what if it's us #looking for alaska #a monster calls #the catcher in the rye #english literature #the art of being normal

[the-evil-clergyman]

Among the flowers were lovely maidens calling to him with soft voices, from The Fairy of the Dawn for Andrew Lang's The Violet Fairy Book by Henry Justice Ford (1906)

#henry justice ford #art #illustration #golden age of illustration #1900s #1900s art #vintage art #vintage illustration #vintage #british art #british artist #books #book illustration #fairy tales #fairy tale #fairytale art #knight #maidens #classic art

[dogmotifz]

apparently not everyone is aware of james fitzjames inshallah so.

#according to the editors this was relatively common in british english at the time but jfj is also the only one to use it in the book. so. #maybe it was just his youthful soul

[brandyschillace]

Librarians Unite for Representation

Public Library Association slogan this year ‘Free People Read Freely.’ Together we unite against book bans and promote representation.

#Unite against book bans #cozy mystery #autistic author #books #british mystery #autism #right to read #authors #books & libraries #public libraries #librarians

[ibrithir-was-here]

How the heck is there not more talk about Tanith Lee??

Like my gosh, the woman wrote, according to her wiki, 90 books, over 300 short stories, two World Fantasy Awards, and was the first woman to win the British Fantasy Award/Augus Derleth Award and wrote for tv shows.

Like, it's not like she just wrote a heck ton but wasn't very good! She was clearly very good she won awards, and i've read a swath of her stuff across different genres and really enjoyed most of it. I mean that even if not each one has been my cup of tea I can at least appreciate the skill and quite a lot I have truly enjoyed. She's got great prose and style and imagination. Not everything obviously was a banger, but they've all been at least well written, which is harder to come by in writing than you might think.

But nobody ever seems to talk about her?? And I feel like the fantasy crowd on here would really enjoy her stuff. The woman has done stuff in pretty much every genre from what I can see, but I never see her listed on fantasy authors like Clive Barker or Diana Wynne Jones or Neil Gaiman or Terry Pratchett or Diane Duane even though she was writing at the same time and has a similar sort of '80s Doing Cool Stuff with Fantasy vibe' I feel like people who like those authors would enjoy though she's very much her own style of author.

Anyway this was really just me putting out a rant that such a prolific and talented author seems to have fallen by the wayside and I think it's really a shame

Heck she even did a witch-queen fighting againt vampire Snow White a whole decade before Neil Gaiman did his phenomenal Snow Glass Apples and it's also excellent, give a look here:

#tanith lee #fantasy authors #fantasy books #70s fantasy #80s fantasy #90s fantasy #british fantasy #British writers #i dunno how to tag i just want this woman to be remembered darn it #Youtube #i hope its ok to tag the authors mentioned #not trying to spam but like also want the fan crossover to get people interested in her again? #i dont know why i'm taking this so personally xD #neil gaiman #diane duane #terry pratchett #clive barker #diana wynne jones #vampire snow white

[maggotthatching]

I love introducing people to Good Omens by telling them it's the story of how the power of Gay, an iconic sex worker, some witchy bitches and a literal child defeat Heaven and Hell.

#alternative description: “British society is basically hell” #fuckin ingerland #good omens #good omens tv #good omens book

[illustration-alcove]

Polina Graf’s illustrated book cover for the Russian edition of Terry Pratchett’s and Neil Gaiman’s Good Omens.

#polina graf #Terry Pratchett #neil gaiman #good omens #book covers #british literature

[lets-get-lit]

No one is ever holy without suffering.

- Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited

#quotes #books #literature #lit #classics #academia #light academia #dark academia #chaotic academia #book #book quotes #quotation #Evelyn Waugh #Brideshead Revisited #Fiction #Novel #British Literature