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It's too easy, you see, to get trapped in the past. The past is very seductive. People always talk about the mists of time, you know, but really it's the present that's in a mist, uncertain. The past is quite clear, and warm, and comforting. That's why people often get stuck there.
Susanna Kearsley, Mariana
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Susanna Kearsley, The Rose Garden
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October Just One More Page BPC 📚 // Day 3 ➜ Faceless.
#justonemorepage#jompbpc#day 3#book photo challenge#books#the winter sea#susanna kearsley#jomp photography#jomp original
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Season of Storms: A Susanna Kearsley Reissue
My first Susanna Kearsley was The Shadowy Horses, and I fell and fell hard: for those shadowy horses, and for the characters in that novel, and for the lush, almost mythic prose with which Kearsley brings worlds to our fingertips. Season of Storms, much to my surprise, is slightly later than The Shadowy Horses, but at least in this reading, my first, it felt much more like an early novel than…
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Seems Charles Lamb's quote was quite popular. From Susanna Kearsley's, "Season of Storms".
#winter is come#charles lamb#grrm#grr martin#susanna kearsley#why haven't you read kearsley#gothic romance#wicked cool#historical facts
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Okay, nice ask week ask -
What other books/tv would you recommend that have a similar vibe to Outlander?
OOOOOO this is such a good question!
ok number one book rec for an outlander vibe except with better historical research and editing lmao would be anything by Susanna Kearsley. Woman is a master. Historical fiction, magic, ghosts, soulmates, etc etc etc. Delicious stuff. Mariana, The Rose Garden, and The Winter Sea, are especially outlander-esque.
For non-magical historical fiction that makes you feel like you've been hit by a truck, may I suggest Amy Harmon? Especially Where the Lost Wander. I've only read two of her books but whewwwwwwww. beautiful ouch.
And currently my other fave historical fiction has been anything by KJ Charles. Mostly non-magical but wonderfully queer. Happy Endings all around 🥺
Anything I missed, @flyinghome-againstthewind, @theawkwardterrier?
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The world becomes a wider place, with but a little learning.
Susanna Kearsley, The Firebird
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If you enjoyed the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon, here are some book recommendations that you might enjoy:
"The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger: This novel tells the story of a man with a genetic disorder that causes him to time travel and his wife who must navigate their complicated relationship. Like Outlander, it features a time-traveling love story that spans multiple eras.
"The Bronze Horseman" by Paullina Simons: This historical romance is set in World War II-era Russia and tells the story of a young woman who falls in love with a soldier. Like Outlander, it features a passionate romance set against the backdrop of war.
"Dragonfly in Amber" by Diana Gabaldon: This is the second book in the Outlander series and continues the story of Claire and Jamie. If you enjoyed the first book, you will likely enjoy this one as well.
"The Winter Sea" by Susanna Kearsley: This novel tells the story of a woman who is writing a novel set in 18th-century Scotland and discovers that the events in her book may have actually happened. Like Outlander, it features a romance that transcends time and historical elements.
"The Secret History of the Pink Carnation" by Lauren Willig: This historical romance is set in Napoleonic-era England and France and tells the story of a young woman who is researching the identity of the Pink Carnation, a spy who helped bring down Napoleon. Like Outlander, it features a strong female lead and a historical backdrop.
These are just a few suggestions, but they all share a similar theme of romance, time travel, and historical elements!
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The years might change our outer selves, but underneath it all we stayed the same, we kept our patterns
Susanna Kearsley
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Susanna Kearsley, The Rose Garden
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Tag Game About You
Thank you for the tag @a-reader-and-a-writer! ❤️
💜 nickname: Becca, Becs
💜 star sign: Leo
💜 height: 5’7 3/4″
💜 last thing i googled: "lewis pullman tuxedo” (here’s why)
💜 song stuck in my head: “CUFF IT” - Beyoncé
💜 # of followers: 167 (I’m smol)
💜 amount of sleep: 6-7 hours a night
💜 dream job: art museum curator
💜 wearing: sweatshirt and sweatpants because I’m cold af
💜 movie/book that summarizes you: Jane Austen’s Persuasion
💜 fav song currently: “I Wanna Be Yours” - Arctic Monkeys
💜 aesthetic: a mix of dark and light academia with a splash of cottagecore and mid-century modern.
💜 fav authors: Jane Austen, Shakespeare, Emily Henry, Susanna Kearsley, Lisa Kleypas, Julia Quinn, Tessa Dare, Eloisa James, Lauren Willig, etc etc etc (I swear, far too many to name!)
💜 random fun fact: I’m two degrees separated from Ryan Gosling and three degrees separated from Chris Evans. Thanks, cuz!
No pressure tags: @writercole @wildbornsiren @antiquitea @fuckyeahhangman @blue-aconite @imjess-themess @rhettabbotts @fanboygarcia @mothdruid @lorecraft @princessmisery666 @bradshawsbaby @aimmyarrowshigh @starlight-and-seafire @cartoon-heart @hederasgarden
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🌙 favorite book?
I’m terrible at picking just one favorite of anything, but one of my favorite books is definitely Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn! I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve read that one. I also love just about anything by Susanna Kearsley!
⭐️ current favorite tv show?
I’m currently watching Virgin River on Netflix, which I really enjoy! The last series I watched in its entirety was The Offer, which I loved for obvious reasons 😏
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6, 10, 12, 30
6. If you’re really concentrating, how many words can you write in a day?
Oh god. I feel like I tried to keep track of this the last time I had a super successful writing day and I already forgot lol. I think on a really good days I can do 2500-4000 words? And with my chapters typically averaging 5000-6000 words, that works for me!
10. Do you enjoy writing dialogue, exposition, or plot the most?
I really enjoy both dialogue and exposition. Sometimes writing plot is a drag just because I have to write it to advance the story 😂
12. Is there a trope you haven’t written yet but really want to?
[answered here]
30. Tell us an idea for a longfic you want to write in the future.
The reason I haven't started this is because I think it would indeed be long 😂 But at some point, I really want to do a mash up of Outlander and The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley, essentially just using the concept of time travel from the novel and applying it to Outlander. So the idea being that Claire can travel through time to one set time period but she can't control when and how often she travels, so she's falling in love with Jamie but the length of time that they get to spend with each other is always out of their hands before she's pulled back to her original time again. Idk I just think it would be neat!!
[for the fic writer asks]
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A Year in Books - 2022
(challenge: read a book recommended by someone else)
Butterfly Yellow - Thanhhá Lai (Jessie)
Collected Ghost Stories - MR James (Terra)
The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton
The Rose Garden - Susanna Kearsley
Nightbitch - Rachel Yoder (bookriot/Liv)
all about love: new visions - bell hooks (Liv)
The Sparrow - Mary Doria Russell (book club)
Legendborn - Tracy Deonn (Candice)
The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern (Jessie)
The Winter Sea - Susanna Kearsley
Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys (book club)
Dispatches from Pluto - Richard Grant (Jamie)
What Happened to You? - Dr Bruce Perry, Oprah (Blake)
Writers & Lovers - Lily King (Christy)
Kaiju Preservation Society - John Scalzi
Named of the Dragon - S Kearsley
Memphis - Tara Stringfellow (Shelley)
Under the Whispering Door - TJ Klune (Jessie)
Midnight Library - Matt Haig (Christina)
How to Be Perfect - Michael Schur (book riot)
You Made a Fool Out of Death With Your Beauty - A Emezi
Book of Night - Holly Black (MPL newsletter)
Bringing Down the Duke - Evie Dunmore
All Your Perfects - Colleen Hoover (Caroline)
The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth - Beth Allison Barr (Andria)
How to Stop Time - Matt Haig
Heat Wave - Richard Castle
Naked Heat - Richard Castle
Autumn - Ali Smith (Beanie)
Quartet - Jean Rhys (book club)
Who Is Maud Dixon? - Alexandra Andrews (Leslie)
When Women Were Dragons - Kelly Barnhill (MPL newsletter)
Ace - Angela Chen (book riot)
Dracula - Bram Stoker (Beanie/daily dracula)
Baby Teeth - Zoje Stage (Caroline)
A Deadly Education - Naomi Novik
The Last Graduate - Naomi Novik
How We Talk - NJ Enfield (Aaron)
The Golden Enclaves - Naomi Novik (Jessie)
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March Books
Read Count: 14 books
Average Page Count: 413 pages/book
Goodreads Unread Count: 438
Owned Unread Count: 7
Books:
Invisible Planets: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation - edited by Ken Liu
Ruin of Kings - Jenn Lyons
Blood of Dragons - Robin Hobb
The Man in the High Castle - Phillip K Dick
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever - James Tiptree Jr
Mariana - Susanna Kearsley
Fledgling - Octavia E Butler
The Three-Body Problem - Cixin Liu
The Writer’s Map: An Atlas of Imaginary Lands - edited by Huw Lewis-Jones
The Good House - Tananarive Due
* Fool’s Assassin - Robin Hobb
The Bird’s Nest - Shirley Jackson
The Elric Saga Part I - Michael Moorcock
Funny You Should Ask - Elissa Sussman
Finishing Series: 3
*Starred Reads: 1
Nonfiction: 1
Deep-Dive Authors: 3
Genres:
Scifi: 5
Fantasy: 4
Horror: 2
Contemporary: 1
Coffee table book: 1
Romance: 1
Goals Not Accomplished:
Library Books:
Emperor’s Edge (abandoned at like five pages)
Course of Dragons #2 (will not be reading further)
Emperor’s Edge #2 (ditto)
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