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librospdfgratismundoepub · 2 years

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La esposa del conde (Las novias de Barrows del Norte 4) - Claire Delacroix (2022)

Eurídice Goodenham está convencida de que un matrimonio de conveniencia con el notorio Sebastián Montgomery, Conde de Rockmorton, sería ideal: a cambio de un hijo ella podría retirarse a la biblioteca de su casa de campo a escribir, mientras él continúa su escandalosa vida en Londres. Sin embargo, cuando ella se encuentra enamorándose con su impredecible, engañoso y secretamente honorable esposo…

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gymnophedie · 11 months

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Aube Claire à Montmartre - Fabienne Delacroix

#art #artcore #artblr #french art #women in art #women in painting #acrylic painting #art on tumblr #parisian #instagram #uploads

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morphaeus · 11 months

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ANNACHRONISMS writeblr reintroduction

— about;

hello! I've recently had an unexpected break from tumblr, but as I'm finally back, I thought I'd write a new intro post. My name is Anna; I'm 32, non-binary, and my pronouns are they/she. I'm a caffeine addict, a vegetarian, a college student, a gamer, and a writer. I live in the midwest, and I'm neurodivergent and disabled.

I write mostly speculative fiction, and my protagonist are typically queer. At the moment I'm not posting my stories anywhere, but I'm exploring several options to do so eventually. I'm also in the process of writing and coding two interactive stories. You can find out more at my development blog, @morpheusfiction.

I'm always looking for more writeblrs to follow and more new authors to read, so please interact with this post so I can check out your blog!

— links;

about // wips // twitter // spotify // ao3 // ko-fi

— works in progress;

saltmate;

Sadie Nelson's summer is off to an awful start.

Her first year in high school has been a disaster, with failed classes and more detentions than she'd care to admit. With summer school the only thing to look forward to, she doesn't think it can get worse - until her parents sit down and tell her they're getting a divorce. The news comes as a devastating kind of relief. She can't wait for the fighting to come to an end, even if it means split holidays.

So when her parents send her off to her aunt's house in Newfoundland for the rest of the summer, she figures things can't get much worse. Her Aunt Claire is content to leave her alone while she works on her art, and Sadie spends most of her days by the seaside, wandering or drawing boats, and lost in thought.

When she finds a strange girl on an abandoned cove, far from town, Sadie is quick to try and make her first friend in St. Brenden's Bay. But her new friend is stranger than she realizes - and what does her Aunt have to do with her appearance?

empyrean eclipse;

Dr. Hazel Hartley-Pryce is what most people refer to as a genius. The leading cybioengineer in the paradisaical city of New Eden, she’s revolutionizing the very concept of prosthetics. At least, that’s her day job. Most of the time, she’s just Zelle Pryce, awkward and unknown heir of an oil empire trying to make up for her family’s myriad sins.

Lark Donaghue lost their arm and their memory in an accident five years ago — or, at least, they think it was an accident. Ever since, they’ve been doing their best to recover in both mind and body. As one of the recipients of the Hartley-Zimmer prosthesis, they spend most of their time in the labs having their new arm calibrated, or in physical therapy, getting used to having a left arm for the first time.

When they bump into each other in the hospital café, Zelle has no idea that Lark is one of her test subjects. Likewise, Lark doesn’t associate the cute young doctor he meets with Dr. H. Hartley, the mysterious billionaire scientist who invented their prosthesis. Each are determined to keep their past a secret, eager to have something normal in their lives.

But when Zelle is attacked, everything changes. The mystery behind Lark’s amnesia might finally be solved — but at what cost?

wrong witch;

born into a family of witches, morgan has never shown a drop of magical power - no matter how much his mothers insist he has the inherent potential. he’s ready to give up on magic altogether, when, on his seventeenth birthday, he wakes up covered in blood, having sleepwalked into the nearby woods. suddenly, he has more power than he knows what to do with, and all of his dreams are coming true - but at what cost?

and why?

gabriel graves is a warlock, having traded his eternal soul for magic. when his family moves from bustling new york city to a small town in the midwest, he’s taken from his circle of power — his true family — and left alone. the citizens of ashborough, mi, are perfectly normal, and perfectly boring.

except, of course, for the mysterious delacroix family.

morgan and gabriel’s lives collide in the ashborough woods, as morgan seeks to discover the source of his newfound powers, and gabriel searches for a place to call his own.

#writeblr #writeblr introduction #writeblr intro #wip intro #wip introduction #wip #writing community #writers on tumblr #writers of tumblr #myintro #mine.

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kafkasapartment · 2 years

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Clair de lune sur la cité, c. 2002. Michel Delacroix, b. 1933. Acrylic on board.

#art #painting #evening #Moonlight #peinture #pittura #pintura #malarie #city scenes #lights #boats #romanticism

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aceparagon · 5 months

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my pinned post is already ridiculously long as it is, so if, for whatever reason, i'm not on this blog, consider this a blog roll! they'll be sorted by who'll likely have the most activity on them depending on my current hyperfixations at the moment!

@solartomes: my canon / oc multi. @kreiposer: frederick kreiburg from identity v. @logicpaths: idv centric multi! my highest muses right now are ithaqua / night watch, luca balsa / prisoner, & others that i haven't listed yet. @fosterguilt: alexandra foster (oc) from nbc's er. still a massive wip. @bledgacy: blaire sullivan (oc) from saw. @macestro: a / ace from death note. @solariasen: asahina haruko / sailor sun (oc) from sailor moon. @ketsuryu: sonoda natsumi (oc) from naruto. @llbertas: zadkiel / sertoria (oc). @blazingjudgements: kurosawa / kujo asuka (oc) from jojo's bizarre adventure. @lareinenoire: claire delacroix / lior rozenthal (oc). @neverwavers: resa varick / esme (oc) from yu-gi-oh! duel monsters. @purrfect-butler: nathaniel michaelis (oc) from black butler.

#☆ OUT OF UNIFORM → downtime is necessary even for a hero tasked with so much; remember to take a break for yourself.

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lgbridgertonqa · 1 year

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LGBridgerTonQA Week 2023

Hello! As we previously announced, each day for LGBridgerTonQA Week 2023, has a theme and colour per day of the original Pride flag. To go along with these colours, we have assigned Bridgerton characters to each day.:

- Day 1, June 23rd 2023: Pink (Sex) - Simon Basset, Daphne Bridgerton, Cressida Cowper, Queen Charlotte - Day 2, June 24th 2023: Red (Life) - Francesca Bridgerton, Michael Stirling, Violet Bridgerton, Siena Rosso - Day 3, June 25th 2023: Orange (Healing) - Anthony Bridgerton, Kate Sharma, Mary Sharma, Edwina Sharma - Day 4, June 26th 2023: Yellow (Sunlight) - Colin Bridgerton, Penelope Featherington, Harry Dankworth, Portia Featherington - Day 5, June 27th 2023: Green (Nature) - Eloise Bridgerton, Philip Crane, Marina Thompson, Thomas Dorset - Day 6, June 28th 2023: Turquoise (Magic and Art) - Benedict Bridgerton, Sophie Beckett, Henry Granville, Genevieve Delacroix - Day 7, June 29th 2023: Indigo (Serenity) - Gregory Bridgerton, Lucy Abernathy, Lord Haselby, Hermione Watson, Richard Abernathy - Day 8, June 30th 2023: Violet (Spirit) - Hyacinth Bridgerton, Gareth St. Clair, Lord Fife, Neville Berbrooke

These are all obviously just a guide and a starting off point for anything you might want to create. If any characters you want to write about aren’t featured, or you want to use a theme for a character on a different day - don’t let that limit you! Post as and when you please!

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gogmstuff · 2 years

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Closing the 1840s -

Top: 1849 Grand Duchess Maria Mikhailovna (?) by Carl Timoleon von Neff (Hermitage) 1085X1473 @72 492kj. The Hermitage lists this as "Portrait of a Young Woman." However Dru identified the sitter as Grand Princess Maria Mikhailovna in a posting to the Alexander Palace Time Machine Discussion Forum of 27 September 2011 and another poster agreed with some doubt.

This work appeared to be unfinished, the background was not over-painted in an oval all around, although a guideline was made and much of the oval was completed. I filled in the unfinished background with Photoshop.

Second row left: 1849 Elizabeth A. Poletika (1832-1854), daughter of Idalia Poletika, in marriage Mordvinova by Vladimir Ivanovich Hau (location ?). From Wikimedia 1536X1973 @200 434kj.

Second row right: 1849 Madame Leon Reisener by Henri-François Riesener (Musée national Eugène-Delacroix - Paris, France). From pinterest.com/CardRichelieu/portrait/ 775X1200 @72 254kj.

Third row: 1849 Comtesse Charles d'Agoult, née Marie de Flavigny, and Her Daughter Claire d'Agoult by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (Morgan Library & Museum - New York City, New York, USA). Old image from unrecorded source 2214X2677 @300 2.4Mj.

Fourth row left: 1849 Countess Sofia Andreievna Bobrinskaia, née Shuvalov by Karl Brullov (Hermitage). From liveinternet.ru/users/4000579/post386885193 800X968 @72 224kj.

Fourth row right: 1849 Delfina Potocka by Paul Delaroche (location unknown to gogm) photo - Maciej Szczepańczyk (Mathiasrex). From Wikimedia 1143X1418 @72 2.9Mp.

Fifth row: 1849 Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, UK)> From Wikimedia; removed spots & flaws & fixed edges w Pshop 1086X1700 @300 409kj. She was a Lady-in-Waiting to and close friend of Queen Victoria. Dunrobin Castle is the family seat of the Sutherland family,

Sixth row left: 1849 Dowager Queen Adelaide by Richard James Lane after Franz Xaver Winterhalter (British Mueum). From their Web site 1737X2500 @300 1.8Mj.

Sixth row right: 1849 Erzherzogin Sophie von Österreich, Prinzessin von Bayern by Josef Kreihuber (auctioned by Neumesiter). From their Web site 2407X3307 @300 2.1Mj.

Bottom: 1849 Comtesse de Bellefonds by Jean-Hégésippe Vettier (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux - Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France). From collections-musees.bordeaux.fr/ow4/mba/images/006-074-1559; fixed spots. bottom edge, & cracks w Pshop 820X1024 @72 246k.

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randomestfandoms-ocs · 1 year

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Draconis Cast List: OCs

Aurélia Agreste / Delphyne / Drakena — Champion of Hestia

Amaya Gutierrez / Mariposa — Champion of Aphrodite

Camille Traverse / Scylla — Champion of Poseidon

Éliane Courtois / Alekto — Champion of Hades

Angélique Fontaine / Reina — Champion of Hera

Fleur Graham De Vanily / Lupa — Champion of Artemis

Lucie Babineaux / Phoenix — Champion of Apollo

Thomas Wayne / Aquila — Champion of Zeus

Olivier Beaufort / Serpens — Champion of Hermes

Christophe Mercier / Arachne — Champion of Athena

Lisette Delacroix / Dike — Champion of Demeter

Claire Gagnon / Areios — Champion of Ares

Margaux Labelle / Maenade — Champion of Dionysus

Jolie Renault / Kryseai — Champion of Hephaestus

#ocappreciation #fyeahsuperverseocs #cast list #aurélia agreste #draconis #from the ashes #my work #miraculous ladybug oc

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magickgirl786 · 2 years

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Dream Cast for a Bridgerton Broadway Musical

Bridgerton Family:

Aaron Tveit as Anthony Bridgerton

Jonathan Groff as Benedict Bridgerton

Jeremy Jordan as Colin Bridgerton

Melissa Benoist as Daphne Bridgerton

Dove Cameron as Eloise Bridgerton

Talia Suskauer as Francesca Bridgerton

Cameron Dallas as Gregory Bridgerton

Sabrina Carpenter as Hyacinth Bridgerton

Laura Benanti as Violet Bridgerton

Andrew Garfield as Edmund Bridgerton

Love Interests

Joshua Henry as Simon Basset

Shoba Narayan as Kate Sharma

Ari Afsar as Edwina Sharma

Jenna Ushkowitz as Sophie Beckett

Beanie Feldstein as Penelope Featherington

Jelani Aladdin as Phillip Crane

Nik Dodani as John Stirling

Michael Maliakel as Michael Stirling

Jordan Fisher as Gareth St. Clair

Sophia Ann Caruso as Hermione Watson

Rachel Zegler as Lucy Abernathy

Other Characters

Renee Elise Goldsberry as Lady Danbury

Audra McDonald as Queen Charlotte

Idina Menzel as Lady Featherington

Keke Palmer as Marina Thompson

Lindsay Pearce as Siena Rosso

Emmy Raver Lampman as Madam Delacroix

Taran Killam as Nigel Berbrooke

Katie Lowes as Prudence Featherington

Kathryn Gallagher as Phillipa Featherington

Brian D’Arcy James as Lord Featherington

Corey Cott as Jack Featherington

Becca Tobin as Cressida Cowper

Kristin Chenoweth as Lady Cowper

Ben Platt as Prince Friedrich

Leslie Odom Jr. as Will Mondrich

Jennifer Hudson as Alice Mondrich

#dream cast #Bridgerton #Bridgerton musical

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librospdfgratismundoepub · 2 years

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El corazón del barón (Las novias de Barrows del Norte 3) - Claire Delacroix (2022)

Rupert Haskell siempre ha pensado que Anthea, la hermana menor de su amigo Alexander, sería una excelente elección de esposa, pero la pérdida de su herencia hace imposible que él la corteje. Atrapado entre su honor y su corazón, la única manera en la que él puede mostrar su estima por Anthea es limpiar la mancha sobre su nombre—incluso si eso significa verla casada con otro hombre. Anthea…

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je-suis-tombee-sur · 2 years

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Des livres fromage, flip books arc-en-ciel, œufs à l'argentique et catalogue sexy de la morgue

Édition: n.f Reproduction et diffusion d’un oeuvre intellectuelle ou artistique par un éditeur.

Ma définition était, jusque là, la suivante: publication imprimée d’un texte en plusieurs exemplaires par un éditeur. Ce dernier applique des règles et se réfère aux codes afin d’être clair et lisible dans la présentation de l’écrit. L’éditeur est donc cadré.

Le MAD, Multiple Art Day, casse ces règles, les questionne et ouvre une fenêtre. Je dirais même plusieurs fenêtres. J’y découvre une large cohabitation, comme si dans un musée, je passais de Delacroix à Louise Bourgeois. Dans cette large coloc d’éditeurs, qui est en fait un salon d’exposition, se côtoient des livres fromage, des flip books arc en ciel, des œufs à l’argentique et un catalogue sexy de la morgue.

Je commence par le dernier. Haut en couleurs, ce recueil de photographies du nom de Mise en pièce est signé Lucile Boiron. Au premier coup d’oeil on pense: « quels beaux bouquets de fleurs ! ». Puis vertiges et dégout nous saisissent au fil des pages quand on distingue des seins et des boyaux ensanglantés. Cette prouesse photographique est présentée brutalement: chaque image recouvre une page et est imprimée sur un papier glacé tel un dossier d’autopsie. Le texte est absent, là où il est d’ordinaire majoritaire, et traduit l’autosuffisance du travail de l’artiste dans son pouvoir de narration. L’éditeur, ici artiste, expose son travail. Le livre est son œuvre.

Image: Mise en pièce, Lucile Boiron, 23 × 31cm, Mai 2021, lucileboiron.com

Le flip book arc en ciel repose sur le même principe. Ancien cinéaste, Christian Lebrat décide de mettre en pause les images de son film abstrait en 35mm; Holon. Il les assemble donc en 156 pages, dans l’ordre. Cette micro-édition nous offre deux modes de lecture : un défilé qui anime les pages ou une contemplation d’une sélection d’entre elles. Le réalisateur est aussi un éditeur qui nous donne, non à lire, mais à contempler.

A la table d’à côté, mon regard se pose sur la collection du Cheese Museum. Dans un coin, des livres aux pages jaunes sont perforés de trous irréguliers. Ce n’est plus seulement un livre mais un gruyère qui a la matérialité du livre. L’éditeur devient sculpteur (ou fromager de l’arnaque).

Julie Lavigne trouve une démarche encore plus radicale pour mettre en page son travail ou plutôt mettre en coquille. Membre d’Optimal Sound, elle présente une série de photographies à l’argentique développées au creux d’une dizaine d’œufs cassés et remis dans leur boîte. Bien que, quand on lui demande en quoi sa démarche est éditoriale, elle nous réponde que ce n’est que par intérêt pécuniaire pour l’évènement, je trouve au contraire qu’elle multiplie les supports de communication sur ici non plus le papier ou le numérique mais sur le déchet alimentaire. On peut voir la boîte d’œufs comme un coffret et les coquilles, des livres du futur. L’éditeur est chercheur.

Le MAD est un salon d’innovation, une exposition universelle des expériences dans le design éditorial. Il vise à redéfinir le métier d’éditeur comme « l’acteur le plus indépendant et polyvalent du monde de l’Art ». L’objet éditorial est multiple et ne se cantonne plus en 2022 à un dos carré collé avec un sommaire, des folios et un texte. Pour en revenir à ma recherche sur la nature d’une production éditoriale, je dirais que tout est une édition si multiplié dans une même forme. Alors nous sommes tous des éditeurs si une volonté de diffusion de notre travail se manifeste. Je remercie donc le MAD d’avoir su décomplexer ma pratique éditoriale et de mettre à disposition un espace pour tous ceux qui s’y intéressent et s’y essaient.

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#mad #design

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morphaeus · 4 months

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— MORPHAEUS writeblr reintroduction

— about the author;

hello! I've recently had an unexpected break from tumblr, but as I'm finally back, I thought I'd write a new intro post. My name is Micah; I'm 32, non-binary, and my pronouns are they/them. I'm a caffeine addict, a vegetarian, a college student, a gamer, and a writer. I live in the midwest, and I'm neurodivergent and disabled.

I write mostly speculative fiction, and my protagonist are typically queer. At the moment I'm not posting my stories anywhere, but I'm exploring several options to do so eventually. I'm also in the process of writing and coding two interactive stories. You can find out more on my development blog, @morpheusfiction.

I'm always looking for more writeblrs to follow and more new authors to read, so please interact with this post so I can check out your blog!

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about // wips // twitter // spotify

— works in progress;

saltmate;

Sadie Nelson's summer is off to an awful start.

Her first year in high school has been a disaster, with failed classes and more detentions than she'd care to admit. With summer school the only thing to look forward to, she doesn't think it can get worse - until her parents sit down and tell her they're getting a divorce. The news comes as a devastating kind of relief. She can't wait for the fighting to come to an end, even if it means split holidays.

So when her parents send her off to her aunt's house in Newfoundland for the rest of the summer, she figures things can't get much worse. Her Aunt Claire is content to leave her alone while she works on her art, and Sadie spends most of her days by the seaside, wandering or drawing boats, and lost in thought.

When she finds a strange girl on an abandoned cove, far from town, Sadie is quick to try and make her first friend in St. Brenden's Bay. But her new friend is stranger than she realizes - and what does her Aunt have to do with her appearance?

empyrean eclipse;

Dr. Hazel Hartley-Pryce is what most people refer to as a genius. The leading cybioengineer in the paradisaical city of New Eden, she’s revolutionizing the very concept of prosthetics. At least, that’s her day job. Most of the time, she’s just Zelle Pryce, awkward and unknown heir of an oil empire trying to make up for her family’s myriad sins.

Lark Donaghue lost their arm and their memory in an accident five years ago — or, at least, they think it was an accident. Ever since, they’ve been doing their best to recover in both mind and body. As one of the recipients of the Hartley-Zimmer prosthesis, they spend most of their time in the labs having their new arm calibrated, or in physical therapy, getting used to having a left arm for the first time.

When they bump into each other in the hospital café, Zelle has no idea that Lark is one of her test subjects. Likewise, Lark doesn’t associate the cute young doctor he meets with Dr. H. Hartley, the mysterious billionaire scientist who invented their prosthesis. Each are determined to keep their past a secret, eager to have something normal in their lives.

But when Zelle is attacked, everything changes. The mystery behind Lark’s amnesia might finally be solved — but at what cost?

wrong witch;

born into a family of witches, morgan has never shown a drop of magical power - no matter how much his mothers insist he has the inherent potential. he’s ready to give up on magic altogether, when, on his seventeenth birthday, he wakes up covered in blood, having sleepwalked into the nearby woods. suddenly, he has more power than he knows what to do with, and all of his dreams are coming true - but at what cost?

and why?

gabriel graves is a warlock, having traded his eternal soul for magic. when his family moves from bustling new york city to a small town in the midwest, he’s taken from his circle of power — his true family — and left alone. the citizens of ashborough, mi, are perfectly normal, and perfectly boring.

except, of course, for the mysterious delacroix family.

morgan and gabriel’s lives collide in the ashborough woods, as morgan seeks to discover the source of his newfound powers, and gabriel searches for a place to call his own.

starsoul;

Kharis Masen is no one.

Just another teenager, one of billions of people living on the Belt. She dreams of a different life, of making it off her backwater planet and onto the Crux, into one of the great supercities, where she can do something with her life besides get married and inherit her father's machine shop.

But she's sixteen now, and old enough to know that dreams don't really come true. Not when you have a father who drinks more than he works, a mother practically dead to the world, and a brother who's abandoned you to join the royal navy. No, Kharis Masen is no one, and it will stay that way.

Until a life support pot crashes into the field behind her house.

The Emprex is dead, and Nadiyya is on the run.

Framed for poisoning Emprex Jaennan IV, Nadiyya is the only one who know the truth of her death. Now hiding from the royal navy, she needs to find the true heir to the throne the only one who can oust the treacherous new Emprex, Traevn II. As the navy catches up to her, Nadiyya's only hope is to deploy her life support pod with her in it, and hope to land on habitable planet.

With the aid of Kharis, Nadiyya managed to get transport on a ship, but the navy is closing in, and with it, the threat of execution. When Kharis is implicated, her only choice is to go on the run with Nadiyya, find the rightful Emprex, and restore her to the throne.

#writeblr #writeblr intro #writeblr introduction #writers of tumblr #writing community #writers on tumblr #writers and poets #mine.#myintro

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joyffree · 2 years

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🆓IT’S #FREEBIEFRIDAY Sept 9th

I present to you this week's bag of mixed delights

Until next week -

May your journey be magical 🔮

The Countess a Medieval Era Romance by Claire Delacroix Dumb Move an Action Suspense Thriller by Ty Hutchinson Rosemary's Gravy a Culinary Cozy Mystery by Melissa F. Miller Darkness Awakened a Paranormal Romance by Stephanie Rowe Fallen Prince a Mafia Romance by Julia Sykes Gored of the Rings a Chick-Lit Cozy Mystery by Elise Sax Dark End a Dystopian Science Fiction by Grace Hamilton Cruel a Crime Thriller by WL Knightly I Temporarily Do a Romantic Comedy by Ellie Cahill Beauty and the Goblin King a Fantasy Romance by Lidiya Foxglove

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acekatherineplumber · 2 years

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Books, Books, Books! (aka, mid-year book freakout)

I normally only post my 5-star list to facebook and I might also do that here, but I wanted to do something extra.

I don’t want to say how many books I’ve read so far this year because it’s frankly a little embarrassing because the number is so high.

Here we go!

best book you’ve read so far? Ship of Theseus by Doug Dorst. It’s literally indescribable.

best sequel you’ve read so far? We Free the Stars by Hafsah Faizal

new releases you want to read? Tokyo Dreaming by Emiko Jean, The Hacienda by Isabel Canas (which I just got notified came in on hold), Siren Queen by Nghi Vo, Queerly Beloved by Susie Dumond, Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches by Kate Scelsa, Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt, The Change by Kirsten Miller, This is Not the Real World by Anna Carey, Out of the Blue by Jason June, Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour, Counterfeit by Kirsten Chen, A Little Bit Country by Brian Kennedy, and The Key to Deceit by Ashley Weaver

most anticipated to still be released in 2022? Babel by R.F. Kuang, The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber, Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong, Bloodmarked by Tracey Deonn, and The Shattered City by Lisa Maxwell

biggest disappointment? Hotel Magnifique by Emily Taylor. I heard it was so good and it’s a beautiful book, just poorly written

biggest surprise? Macbeth by Jo Nesbo. I finally finished the Hogarth Shakespeare series, and a lot of them were mediocre, but I was really impressed with this one.

new favorite author? Amanda Bestor-Siegal (The Caretakers)

new fictional crush? Claire from Delilah Green Doesn’t Care

new favorite character? Rene Delacroix from Sailing By Orion’s Star by Katie Crabb

a book that made you cry? The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

a book that made you happy? Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur

most beautiful book you’ve bought? Either Fairyopolis (found for $3 while thrifting) or the MinaLima Harry Potters

what do you want to read before 2022 ends? Too many books to list! Everything on my Goodreads list that hasn’t come out yet, and everything on my almost 300 book Google doc TBR

#story of my life #elphie reads #Sailing by Orion's Star #sbos

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weirdesplinder · 3 years

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Romance con elementi fantasy: il romantasy anni ‘80

Negli anni ‘80 il fantasy conobbe un grande successo, soprattutto in America. Stiamo parlando dell’epoca dei film di Conan per intenderci e in quel periodo elementi fansy si introdussero anche nel genere romance dell’epoca, quello che oggi di solito chiamano ‘bodice rippers’, dove l’eroe è sempre molto alfa e indaffarato in una missione, molto chiuso ed enigamtico e terribilmente muscoloso e virile, e le protagoniste femminili sono invece quasi sempre bellissime, virginali e cadono come pere cotte ai piedi di lui. Più o meno.Il connubio di questi due generi creò un ibrido che oggi considereremmo piuttosto strano e kitsch, che io amo chiamare romantasy.

Il romantasy puro è solo anni ‘80, massimo primi anni ‘90 ed è di solito ambientato in terre mistiche e fatate, vallate nascoste o pianeti misteriosi e vergini, dove la magia permea ogni cosa, i fiori sbocciano tutto l’anno, la natura è rigogliosa, cavalcano gli unicorni e di solito vive da sola e isolata una soave fanciulla stupenda, inconsciamente sensualissima e vergine. A rompere l’idillio di quei luoghi arriva di solito il maschio alfa intento in qualche missione che spesso finirà per creare problemi a quel posto (tipo dare la caccia agli unicorni) e per far fremere per la prima volta la ragazza che non ha mai visto un uomo prima, ma quando lo vede va comunque subito in brodo di giuggiole. Il protagonista maschile rimane leggermente meno spaesato di lei dall’attrazione tra di loro, ma comunque interrompe la missione vitale pur di sondare le acque di lei. Diciamo così.

Vale la pena, vi chiederete voi, di dedicare un post a questo genere così di nicchia, praticamente estinto e parecchio di cattivo gusto a volte?

Secondo me sì, perchè è giusto sapere che questi libri esistono, gli unicorni negli anni passati andavano tanto di moda e comunque leggendoli oggi questi libri in fondo fanno sorridere e possono essere fonte di divertimento con le loro assurde trovate.

Perciò oggi ho deciso di elencarvi qualche titolo di questo genere:

Iniziamo con la Serie Paradise di Johanna Hailey, il cui primo libro fu pubblicato anche in italiano, mentre i due seguiti no:

1. ENCHANTED PARADISE Titolo italiano: PARADISO INCANTATO

https://amzn.to/3nwIZ0F Aurora sapeva di non appartanere al popolo elfico che l'aveva cresciuta, ma era felice di vivere tra le gentili creature della radura. E visse cosi finché non incontrò Frayne e capì che il suo destino era legato a lui. Frayne aveva ben poco tempo per ogni altra cosa che non fosse la ricerca dell'unicorno e della sua magia, ma davanti alla bellezza di Aurora riuscì a trovare il tempo per una pausa.

2. CRYSTAL PARADISE Inedito in Italia

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Trama: Aurora credeva di avere trovato la felicità nelle braccia del suo amato, ma la sua gioia è di breve di durata poichè il suo amante Frayne deve lasciarla per continuare la sua avventura. Stavolta deve trovare la perfetta rosa di cristallo. …

3. BELOVED PARADISE Inedito in Italia

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Trama: Perduta e sola in una terra incantata Aurora cerca la sua vera identità e proprio quando crede di aver perso ogni speranza vede appartire dalle nebbia Frayne….Stavolta la missione del guerriero non è trovare un unicorno o una rosa, ma aiutare la sua amata nella ricerca delle sue origini.

Proseguiamo con la trilogia Swan Maiden di Betina Lindsey, che invece mi risulta inedita in italiano ed è composta dai libri:

1. Swan bride

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Moria è cresciuta nel reame di Myr, dove non esistono uomini, ma un giorno deve infine attraversare il cerchio di pietre che conduce al mondo dei mortali e andare incontro al suo destino...

2. Swan witch

A causa del suo voto di silenzio, Eithene non riesce ad avvertire del pericolo il cavaliere che in cerca della mitica dama del cigno che si suppone possa guarire ogni ferita, entra nel reame di Rath Morna, segnando per sempre il suo destino.

3.Swan Star

La dama del cigno Arrah è prigioniera del guerriero che le ha rubato il mantello magico ed il cuore.

Ritorniamo ai nostri cari unicorni con la Serie unicorn di Claire Delacroix, il cuo primo libro se non sbaglio era stato pubblicato anche in italiano, mentre i due seguiti no.

1. La dama e l'unicorno (Unicorn bride)

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For generazioni le leggende hanno parlato della fortezza di Montsalvat e dei suoi signori. Si dice che i padroni del castello possano trasformarsi in feroci bestie di giorno, e siano umani solo la notte...e ora Alienor de Perpignan è finita in sposa proprio al loro ultimo discendente.

2. Pearl Beyond Price (1995) 3. Unicorn Vengeance (1995)

Altra serie stavolta completamente disponibile in italiano è IL LAGO INCANTATO di Ruth Langan, volume unico che raccoglie i tre romanzi della serie Sorelle Drummond.

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Trama: Scozia, 1559 - 1561. Quando Nola Drummond scompare dalla sua casa insieme alle tre giovani figlie, tra gli abitanti del villaggio prevale la convinzione che per sfuggire alla caccia alle streghe le donne si siano rifugiate in una leggendaria terra nelle Highlands che per lungo tempo è stata la dimora del loro clan: una terra incantata, dove chi possiede dei doni speciali è libero di usarli, lontano dagli sguardi ostili degli scettici. Sono storie fantastiche, antiche credenze popolari a cui Merrick MacAndrew, Grant MacCallum e il tenebroso laird del clan Ross si rifiutano ostinatamente di credere. Finché il destino non li pone di fronte alla necessità di accettare l'impossibile per ritrovare le sorelle Drummond. Perché soltanto Allegra, Kylia e Gwenellen possono restituire loro la felicità.

Concludiamo la carrellata di titoli romantasy con due romanzi autoconclusivi non facenti parte di serie, che però non sono mai stati pubblicati in italiano, almeno che io sappia. Se mi sbaglio fatemelo sapere:

- Summer of the Unicorn di Kay Hooper

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Siri è una sacerdotessa guerriera guardiana di unicorni, Hunter è il cacciatore che è giunto sul suo pianeta per catturare un unicorno. Dovrebbero odiarsi, ma appena si vedono si desiderano e si distraggano talmente tanto che il cattivo della situazione ha vita facile nel rovinare i loro piani.

- Sea treasure di Johanna Hailey

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Quando un capitano di mare viene salvato dalla morte da una sirena, crede di stare sognando. Ma quando si rende conto che lei è reale quanto lui e i due si innmamorano, i problemi non solo non si risolvono, ma si moltiplicano. Spinti verso le coste dei Caraibi i due amanti, provenienti da due mondi lontani, dovranno mettere in gioco la vita per salvare il loro amore.

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THE HUNTER AND THE HEIRESS (Blood Brothers 2) by Claire Delacroix at The Reading Cafe:

‘startling and intense characters’

http://www.thereadingcafe.com/the-hunter-and-the-heiress-by-claire-delacroix-a-review/

#books #reviews #The Hunter and the Heiress #Blood Brothers #Claire Delacroix #The Reading Cafe

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