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rogue-indshadows · 1 month

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Books recommendation 📚😇😊🥰

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constantinemaddentheenemyofdeath · 26 days

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My rating of The Iron Trial:(please read)

OMG I LOVED THIS!!!! IT DEFINITELY CAN RIVAL YHE LIGHTING THIEF AND THE PHILOSOPER’S STONE!!! The world and plot is unique and the magic system is so so so good.

I love the characters, they all got something going on. Call is definitely my favorite character, I like his personality and the fact that he’s morally gray.

The relationship between the main trio is wonderful and strong. I also love how even tho Call is the mc he isn’t the “chosen one” and that Aaron is more like that. But what I really wanna talk about is the plot twist. Because what. The. Fuck. I never ever saw that coming like??? It’s definitely unique for me and also supports the fact that Call is definitely not the chosen one in this story bcs he got an another role even tho he doesn’t want it.

The only problem I have is that the fandom is so so small;( I don’t understand why because it’s made by two extremely popular and successful writers and it’s seriously as good as Pjo. Maybe i understand later in the books but don’t give away any spoilers!!

For those who have never heard of this book:

“Think you know magic? Think again. The Magisterium awaits... During your time at the Magisterium, there will be five trials to complete — one for each school year. They will test your magical skill, your endurance and your ability to handle dark and dangerous situations. It begins with the Iron Trial . . .”

“Most kids would do anything to pass the Iron Trial. Not Callum Hunt. He wants to fail. All his life, Call has been warned by his father to stay away from magic. If he succeeds at the Iron Trial and is admitted into the Magisterium, he is sure it can only mean bad things for him. So he tries his best to do his worst -- and fails at failing. Now the Magisterium awaits him. It's a place that's both sensational and sinister, with dark ties to his past and a twisty path to his future. The Iron Trial is just the beginning, for the biggest test is still to come . . .“

This is the cover for the first book. Call is on the left(the mc)(the fact that he’s not in the middle but Aaron is just shows my opinion that Aaron is the “chosen one”) Aaron is in the middle and Tamara is on the right.

It’s not a long book so please consider reading it, I’m really begging you(´༎ຶོρ༎ຶོ`)

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eatsowhat · 8 months

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#janmashtami #janmashtami 2023 #krishna janmashtami #shree krishna #new books #vitamin #health #books worth reading #nutrition #la fonceur #health & fitness #authors of tumblr

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knithacker · 9 months

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FIVE New Books For Knitters, Crocheters & Fiber Enthusiasts Like Us: 👉 https://buff.ly/3Pk8UG3 🧶📚

#knitting #handmade #fiber art #crochet #new book #books worth reading #new books #books

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slytherinthelibrary · 11 months

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She looked up, her eyes full of tears. "Why am I like this? Why am I still so angry?"

"I don't know," said Alex. "But I'm like that too."

"I've gone through every moment that led up to the party so many times. What I wore, what I said. Why did he pick me that night? What did he see?"...

..."He didn't see you at all," Alex said. "People like that . . . they don't see us. They just see opportunities. Something to grab."

#quotes #feminism #ninth house #hell bent #leigh bardugo #galaxy stern #dark academia #the reality of being a woman or AFAB individual #book quotations #books worth reading

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sublecturas · 6 months

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"De cuerpo entero" de Bettina Muraña en la #LíneaB @edbiblos

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man-reading · 5 months

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2023 POLARI PRIZE SHORTLISTS CELEBRATE QUEER STORIES THAT “ENTERTAIN, ENRICH AND INSPIRE”

Memoir, non-fiction, and critically acclaimed literary fiction from a mixture of independent presses and larger publishers dominate the dynamic shortlists for this year’s Polari Prize and Polari First Book Prize, the UK’s only dedicated awards for LGBTQ+ literature.

“The quality of long-listed titles this year was so exceptionally high, a number of much-loved titles didn’t make the shortlists” said Paul Burston, founder of the prizes. “Taken together, this year’s shortlists are a powerful testament to the quality and diversity of LGBTQ+ writing in the UK and Ireland today. From dazzling debuts to writers delivering on their earlier promise and really upping their game, these are books to entertain, enrich and inspire.”

Powerful stories of resilience and resistance are the focus of this year’s Polari First Book Prize. None

of the Above by Travis Alabanza (Canongate) is an electric memoir exploring life outside the gender boundaries imposed on us by society. Edward Enninful’s A Visible Man (Bloomsbury) also makes

the list, detailing how the man behind British Vogue has built an extraordinary life; more memoir makes an appearance with It’s A Sin’s Jill Nader and her heartbreaking and eye-opening memoir, Love from the Pink Palace (Wildfire). Fiction titles spotlighted in this category are Jon Ransom’s complex and transporting The Whale Tattoo (Muswell Press) and Tom Crewe’s historical debut novel, The New Life (Chatto & Windus). Rounding up the Polari First Book Prize is Livia Kojo Alour with Rising of the Black Sheep, the only poetry title in the shortlists.

Poet Sophia Blackwell, Polari First Book Prize judge, said:

“The shortlist is full of fearless, moving and original stories. Full of insights about how the authors came to occupy their particular places in the world, they also set out hopeful, ambitious visions for the future.”

Rachel Holmes, Polari First Book Prize judge, said: “Look no further for this year’s quintessential queer bookshelf to illuminate and inspire the approaching autumn evenings, winter weekends and festive season. There’s a beautiful, brilliant read here for all the queer family. Comfortably encompassing diverse genres and multiple points of view, fledgling emerging talent and celebrated household names, this year’s shortlist bravely re-empowers the past, interprets the present, and boldly imagines the future.”

Adam Zmith, Polari First Book Prize judge, said: “The titles on the shortlist for this year’s Polari First Book Prize wrestle with history and the present moment in engaging and empathetic ways. I loved reading these books, and feeling the queer power in them and their authors’ visions.”

Karen McLeod, Polari First Book Prize judge, said: “This shortlist is dynamic, expansive, moving and truly novel (is it too late to request a box of tissues as a rider?) I am proud we have such a diverse and emotionally intelligent set of queer voices being published today.”

Queer utopias, further memoir and exquisite prose feature in the Polari Book Prize shortlist with Jack Parlett’s Fire Island (Granta), a vivid hymn to an iconic destination, being selected and poet Seán Hewitt turns his hand to memoir in All Down Darkness Wide (Jonathan Cape). A varied spread of fiction completes the shortlist with Julia Armfield’s deep sea love story Our Wives Under the Sea, Okechukwu Nzelu’s tender study of family and grief Here Again Now (Dialogue Books), Sophie Ward’s gripping thriller The Schoolhouse (Corsair) and concluding the list is Douglas Stuart’s heartbreaking Young Mungo (Picador).

Joelle Taylor, Polari Book Prize judge, said: “This year’s Polari Prize shortlist reflects the complexities of contemporary LGBT+ lives in work that is nuanced, expansive, intimate and strange. History, futurism, crime, poetic memoir, and social commentary collide to create rich narratives that rewrite us even as we read.”

VG Lee, Polari Book Prize judge, said: “We have a strong and diverse shortlist for the Polari Prize. These are books that will appeal to many. They are that odd word, “keepers”- books to return to.”

Suzi Feay, Polari Book Prize judge, said: “This year’s shortlist highlights the sheer range and power of LGBTQ+ writing across all genres. Passionate, stylish and outspoken, these are voices to haunt and seduce. Our six choices deserve the widest readership.”

Chris Gribble, Polari Book Prize judge, said: “This year’s Polari Prize shortlist lays out the joys, challenges and complexities of contemporary and historical LGBTQ+ lives in a brilliant array of fiction and non-fiction that will leave no one in any doubt that our stories are worthy of their places on every book shelf and in every library. These writers are working at the peak of their powers and if you haven’t read their work yet, you have a real treat in store.”

2023 Polari Book Prize (non-debut)

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield (Picador)

All Down Darkness Wide by Seán Hewitt (Jonathan Cape)

Here Again Now by Okechukwu Nzelu (Dialogue Books) Fire Island by Jack Parlett (Granta Books)

Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart (Picador)

The Schoolhouse by Sophie Ward (Corsair)

2023 Polari First Book Prize

None of the Above by Travis Alabanza (Canongate Books)

Rising of the Black Sheep by Livia Kojo Alour (Polari Press)

The New Life by Tom Crewe (Chatto & Windus)

A Visible Man by Edward Enninful (Bloomsbury)

Love from the Pink Palace by Jill Nalder (Wildfire)

The Whale Tattoo by Jon Ransom (Muswell Press)

Established in 2011, The Polari First Book Prize is awarded annually to a debut book that explores the LGBTQ+ experience, and has previously been won by writers including Kirsty Logan, Amrou Al-Kadhi, Mohsin Zaidi and last year’s winner Adam Zmith, for his keenly-researched history of poppers, Deep Sniff.

Established in 2019, The Polari Book Prize awards an overall book of the year, excluding debuts, and previous winners include Andrew McMillan (Playtime), Kate Davies (In At the Deep End), Diana Souhami (No Modernism Without Lesbians) and last year’s winner Joelle Taylor for her remarkable collection C+nto & Othered Poems which explores butch lesbian counterculture in London.

#Polari prize #queer culture #gay literature #books worth reading #man reading

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azaleaforrest · 11 days

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Hi! I'm Azalea Forrest, a fantasy author. My books are full of hope, second chances, Ghibli vibes, & mental health rep.

WIL: Witches, friendship, forgiveness UG: Supernatural, wolffriend, violence, arson ABD: Hedonism, becoming a better person, plant MC

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#books worth reading #the author speaks #fantasy books #fantasy author #indie author #indie april #witch in the lighthouse #a bitter drink #the underground #vampire #werewolf #witchy #witch #ghibli #plant people #ghost

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jessica-marie-baumgartner · 3 months

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Women are born women, but we need to get back in touch with our femininity to lead healthy balanced lives.

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asianacircus · 11 months

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rogue-indshadows · 1 month

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The ballad of songbirds and snakes.

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- 📖 I was so immersed in the book, completely enjoyed it until the end which I didn't like so minus one 🌟

- 🎥 I really lovedddddd the cast, they were stellar but movie removed so many aspects from the book which were crucial part of the story Ughhhhhh!!

- the songs in both book and movie were beautiful✨🍂🍁

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catchdacraze · 6 months

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You probably don't want to be bothered. In case you do, if you have time, maybe pledge and get a copy before it ends in 22 hrs.

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swkrullimaging · 7 months

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Crisp Cool Morning

I had a great time shooting the deer herd on this crisp cool autumn in the Colorado high country. Climbing High I arrived at the trailhead just after sunrise in hopes of being the first to arrive at the lower meadow. However, there was already a crowd gathered at the troll abomination so I climbed through the forest to the upper peaks in hopes of finding the elk herd. The Deer Herd As I…

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mysticalblizzardcolor · 4 months

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The Afterlife of Billy Fingers Quotes

#Spiritual Awakening #Spiritual Quotes #Quotes about life #Be Here Now #Annie Kagen #Books worth reading #The afterlife

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knithacker · 11 months

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NEW BOOK: Pre-Order Your Copy of Anna Hrachovec's Debut Picture Book, 'Catside Up, Catside Down' 👉 https://buff.ly/3IN2YUK

#childrens book #picture book #books worth reading #new book #cat #cats #caturday #learn prepositions #anna hrachovec

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kraken-o-doyle · 7 months

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Now that COP2 is done, the only thing that I currently look forward to is BOLAS2 and unfortunately until it finishes and there are sequels to either book, I'm gonna stop reading choices. Cause let's be honest here we do not have that many great books releasing. (The Dalton affair rehashed- not my cup of tea)

It is sad but there are amazing books worth rereading once in a while; open heart, bloodbound, desire and decorum and the first blades. (among other awesome books)

Though I am currently rereading literally every book from 2017-2020 choices era. And they did well? with COP and Blades. (don't even get me started on Trystan Thorne-best love interest since Jax Matsuo-for me personally)

I love the dynamic between MC and Trystan; they actually appear to be equals and love each other deeply.(unlike a few books)

Jax and MC route; jeez the trauma for both of them; she was killed with Jax's sword by Gaius and his mentor was murdered by the same person. So I think they connect more. 🤷

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Theory A is for a potential COP 3; is that MC is gonna wake up in Trystan's apartment and when going to check their partners side of the bed she will remember that Trystan is literally King in another country thousands of kilos away and that little bit of bonus scene at the end is just a dream/hope that it was real.

And by that point she hadn't seen Trystan in almost a year. MC settling into the now kings/queens apartment and solving crimes on her own as she refuses to take a partner that isn't their Trystan. And maybe they both are scared of calling the other because they think the other is mad and so a year passes with no communication.

Theory B, MC reopens her father's case and spends days and nights after a sudden tip from some organisation in NYC. Trystan is obvi with her because he actually forfeited his throne to Lydea and MC keeps them out of loop of tf is going on.

Could her dad be alive somewhere and hiding in NYC? (i cannot tell if that would be genius or moronic - but I wanna see angst something we didn't get in book 2)

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#choices #choices stories you play #books worth reading #blades of light and shadow #desire and decorum #open heart #bloodbound #i forgot the new bb story ooops

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